Gaza Education Ministry Reports 6 Students Killed, 2 Injured by Israeli Fire
Translated & summarized from Arab48 by baba
Gaza's Ministry of Education reported that six students were killed and others injured by Israeli attacks in the past two days, with two girls wounded by live fire near a school in Jabalia on Wednesday morning. The ministry condemned the attacks, calling schools safe havens and urging international intervention. These incidents occur after classes resumed in Gaza following extensive damage to educational facilities during the ongoing conflict. Official data indicates a high number of student and educator casualties since October 2025.
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- Gaza's Ministry of Education reported six students killed and others injured by Israeli attacks in two days.
- Two female students were wounded by Israeli army gunfire near a school in Jabalia on Wednesday morning.
- The ministry condemned the attacks, calling for international intervention to protect students and educators.
- The incidents follow the resumption of classes after nearly three years of disruption due to the conflict.
- Official data indicates over 20,000 school-aged students have been killed in Gaza since October 2025.
The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in the Gaza Strip announced on Wednesday that six Palestinian students were killed and others injured in Israeli attacks over the past two days. On Wednesday morning, two female students were wounded by Israeli army gunfire near a school in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
These developments follow the resumption of classes in Gaza approximately one month ago, on September 19, after nearly three years of interrupted regular in-person schooling due to the "Israeli genocidal war," which caused widespread destruction of educational facilities.
The ministry stated that Israeli military vehicles fired at the "Muradiya" girls' school and its surroundings in Jabalia. The incident resulted in injuries to students the student, a sixth-grader hit in the thigh and requiring surgery, and Amna Khaled Ali Khader, a fourth-grader wounded in the abdomen. The ministry did not provide further details on their health conditions.
Describing the incident as part of a "dangerous and continuous escalation" targeting Palestinian students and children, the ministry highlighted the risks they face even within their schools. It warned that repeated attacks on schools and students undermine the remaining foundations of the educational process in the strip, emphasizing that "schools must be safe places for learning, not arenas for fear, injury, and death," and that "targeting students deprives them of their basic right to education."
The ministry called for urgent intervention from the United Nations, international, and human rights institutions concerned with child protection and education to safeguard students and staff, halt attacks on schools, and hold those responsible accountable.
On October 18, the ministry reported the deaths of three students, Tamer Shadi Subh, Mohammed Riyad Abu Hammad, and Misk Hazem Al-Dallo, from Israeli fire. UNICEF had previously announced in August that it had documented the deaths of at least 300 children in Gaza from Israeli fire since the October 2025 ceasefire. Official data from Gaza indicates that Israel killed over 20,051 school-aged students during the "genocidal war," along with more than 769 employees of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education and over 532 teachers from various institutions.
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