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flag Over 300,000 Gaza students start school remotely amid destruction, displacement, and blocked aid.

flag About 300,000 Palestinian students in Gaza are beginning the school year through UNRWA, with most learning remotely due to widespread destruction and displacement. flag Around 10,000 attend in-person classes in shelters, while 8,000 teachers are involved. flag School operations halted in October 2023 after Israel’s military campaign destroyed or damaged hundreds of schools, including over 100 UNRWA facilities. flag More than 17,700 students and 763 education workers have been killed, and nearly 68,000 Palestinians have died since the conflict began. flag UNRWA reports hundreds of millions in aid supplies remain blocked outside Gaza, worsening the humanitarian crisis. flag The U.S.-brokered ceasefire, linked to a Trump-era plan, included hostage releases and reconstruction efforts. flag UNICEF says 658,000 children remain out of school, and human rights groups accuse Israel of deliberate attacks on education, calling them war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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