4,119 Palestinian school students killed, 7,536 injured in Israeli strikes on Gaza since Oct. 7
ANKARA (AA) – At least 4,119 Palestinian school students have been killed and 7,536 others injured in the relentless ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza, according to the Palestinian Education Ministry.
In addition to the students’ casualties in Gaza, the Israeli army also killed 37 school students and injured 282 others in the occupied West Bank in the same period, the ministry said in a statement cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The statement noted that 221 teachers and educational staff were also killed, and 703 others injured in Gaza by the Israeli army.
It also said that 343 schools across Gaza were damaged in the Israeli bombing in addition to 38 schools damaged in the West Bank.
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip with indiscriminate brute force since October 7, killing over 22,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injuring 57,697 others, according to local health authorities.