UNRWA Reports: Zionist Attacks Hinder Palestinian Children’s Education

More than 400 students in age of graduation, have lost their lifes.

On Monday, the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA) revealed that more than half a million children have been deprived of education since the restart of the Israeli aggression

In addition, 39,000 students are unable to sit their grade pass or graduation exams.

“It’s horrible that these children, in addition to everything else, have been denied this opportunity,” said Sam Rose, the agency’s director of planning.

On the other hand, the press office in Gaza explained that the first call for secondary exams began in Palestine last Saturday, at a time when 39,000 high school students, are deprived of their right to education since the start of the barbaric Israeli war.

#Gaza 39,000 students cannot sit their exams & over half a million children have been deprived of education for 8 months.
@UNRWA Sam Rose outlines yet another layer of sadness: «awful that these children, on top of everything else, have been denied this opportunity.» @AJEnglish pic.twitter.com/82x5bGhioF

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 23, 2024

It’s important to remember than more than 400 students in age of graduation, have lost their lifes due to the agressions of Israel.

Likewise, educational facilities are heavily damaged by Zionist fire, to be exact 85% of Palestinian schools are out of service as a result of direct and deliberate attacks by Israeli aircraft.

Also, in the West Bank, mass arrests deprive more than 50 students of access to education and in more extreme cases some 20 students lost their lives.