Israel killed more than 4,000 school students in Gaza since October 7, says report
Gaza (Quds News Network) – At least 4,119 Palestinian school students have been killed and 7,536 others injured since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza on October 7, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry.
In addition, 221 teachers and educational staff have also been killed, in addition to 703 others injured, in Gaza by the invading Israeli army, the ministry said in a statement cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
In addition, 343 schools across Gaza were either completely destroyed or partly damaged in the Israeli airstrikes, in addition to 38 schools damaged in the West Bank, the report said.
The Israeli army also killed 37 school students and injured 282 others in the occupied West Bank since October 7, the report added.
Israel has targeted, amongst others, residential buildings, schools, hospitals, mosques and churches in its aerial bombardment of the enclave.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 22,185 Palestinians have been killed, and 57,053 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
