Ramallah, December 17 (QNA) – The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that 12,799 students were martyred and 20,942 were injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7, 2023.

The Ministry said in a statement that the number of students who were martyred in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 12,681, and those who were injured reached 20,311, while in the West Bank 118 students were martyred and 631 others were injured, in addition to the arrest of 538.

It affirmed that 598 teachers and administrators were martyred and 3,801 were injured in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. More than 158 were detained in the West Bank.

The Ministry pointed out that 425 government schools, universities and their buildings, and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip.

It also 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. (QNA)