Gaza Teacher Shot While Giving Lesson in Classroom Tent

Teacher Sahar Abu Shbeika was wounded by an Israeli bullet while explaining a lesson to her students inside a tent in Gaza, turning a classroom session into a scene of fear.

Abu Shbeika recounted how the bullet pierced her body as she taught. Her students were left terrified by the shooting.

The account places the dangers facing education in Gaza in stark focus: a teacher was struck while delivering a lesson, with pupils beside her in a makeshift classroom.

Her experience reflects the suffering of students and educators trying to continue lessons amid violence, and the vulnerability of the spaces where children gather to learn.