Israel kills 20,000 Palestinian students in Gaza and the West Bank during the genocide war.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday the death of 20,000 students and the injury of 31,000 others since the start of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in October 2023.

The ministry clarified in a statement that the number of martyrs among students reached 20,058, including 19,910 in the Gaza Strip and 148 in the West Bank.

It also indicated that the number of injured students reached 31,139, of whom 30,097 were in Gaza and 1,042 in the West Bank.

The ministry added that 1,037 teachers and administrative staff were martyred, and 4,740 others were injured, while more than 228 teachers and administrative staff were arrested in the West Bank since the war began.

It mentioned that the Israeli aggression led to the complete destruction of 179 public schools in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the destruction of 63 university buildings, and damage to 118 public schools and more than 100 schools belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) due to bombing and vandalism.

The Palestinian Ministry of Education pointed out that the Israeli attacks resulted in the complete removal of 30 schools, including their students and teachers, from the official educational record.

In the West Bank, the statement noted that two schools were completely destroyed in both Hebron and Tubas, and 8 universities and colleges were subjected to repeated incursions and vandalism by the occupation forces.

Since October 8, 2023, Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that lasted for two years, with American support, resulting in the death of 68,216 Palestinians and the injury of 170,361 others, in addition to the destruction of about 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the sector.

The occupied West Bank also witnessed a wide escalation in assaults during the same period, resulting in the death of at least 1,056 Palestinians, the injury of about 10,000 others, and the arrest of more than 20,000 citizens, including 1,600 children.