The Ministry of Education said that 4,156 students were killed and 7,818 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

Education explained in a statement, today, Tuesday, that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 4,119 and 7,536 wounded, while in the West Bank 37 students were killed and 282 others were injured, in addition to 85 arrests.

It indicated that 221 teachers and administrators were killed and 703 were injured in the Gaza Strip, five were injured, and more than 71 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.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that the Israeli targeting of schools affected 90% of government school and education buildings, which were subjected to direct and indirect damage, in addition to 29% of school buildings that could not be operated due to being completely demolished or severely damaged, and that 133 government schools were used as shelter centers in the Gaza Strip.