The Ministry of Education said that 3,714 students were killed and 5,700 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Education explained in a statement issued today, Thursday, that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached 3,679 students and 5,429 wounded, while in the West Bank, 35 students were killed and 271 others were injured, in addition to 82 being arrested.

It indicated that 209 teachers and administrators were killed and 619 were injured in the Gaza Strip, two were injured, and more than 65 were arrested in the West Bank.

It pointed out that 278 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, which led to 83 of them being severely damaged and 7 completely destroyed, and 38 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized.

It confirmed that the Israeli targeting of schools affected 90% of school and government education buildings, which were subjected to direct and indirect damage, in addition to 29% of school buildings that could not be operated because they were exposed to total demolition or severe damage.

The Ministry added that 133 government schools were used as shelter centers in the Gaza Strip.