The Ministry of Education and Higher Education said that 12,820 students were killed and 21,351 were injured since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry of Education stated in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression has reached more than 12,701, and those who were injured reached 20,702, while in the West Bank 119 students were killed and 649 others were injured, in addition to 542 being arrested.

It pointed out that 619 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3,831 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, and more than 158 were arrested in the West Bank.

The Ministry of Education pointed out that in the Gaza Strip, 171 government schools were severely damaged, 77 schools were completely destroyed, in addition to 191 schools being bombed and vandalized, including 65 schools affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Twenty higher education institutions were severely damaged, while 51 university buildings were completely destroyed, and 57 buildings were partially destroyed.

In the West Bank, 109 schools were vandalized, and 7 universities and colleges were subjected to repeated raids by the occupation, vandalism, and tampering with their contents.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that 788,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.