Over 12,000 Palestinian students killed since 7 October

The Ministry of Education said that 12,799 students were killed and 20,942 were injured in Gaza and occupied West Bank since the beginning of Israel's war on Gaza, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

The ministry said in a statement that the number of students who were killed 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 killed and 631 others were injured, in addition to the arrest of 538.

The death toll of teachers and school administrators reached 598 while 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 65 schools affiliated with the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, Unrwa, were bombed and vandalised 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.