More Than 20,000 Students Killed in Gaza Over Three Years, Palestinian Education Ministry Says

More than 20,000 school and university students have been killed in the Gaza Strip during three years of Israeli attacks, the Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education said Wednesday.

The ministry reported that more than 19,189 school students had been killed, alongside 1,386 university students. Both figures include male and female students.

The reported toll is dominated by school students, while the university figure extends the losses to young people pursuing higher education.

The ministry’s announcement focused on student deaths in Gaza. The supplied summary did not include a breakdown by age or institution, or details of how the figures were compiled.