Israel Destroys Gaza’s Education System, Leaving Tens of Thousands of Children Without Schools

Gaza Herald – UNRWA said it has been operating 330 makeshift learning spaces inside 59 overcrowded shelters across the Gaza Strip, trying to provide minimal education to more than 44,000 children displaced by Israel’s ongoing genocide.

The UN agency stressed that these improvised classrooms lack even the most basic facilities after months of systematic destruction.

Officials said Gaza’s education sector collapsed as a direct result of Israel’s relentless bombing, which wiped out 293 schools entirely and damaged hundreds more, turning the remaining schools into shelters for families whose homes were leveled.

Palestinian authorities warned that an entire generation has been pushed into educational limbo, with Israel’s attacks destroying not only homes and hospitals but also the institutions meant to safeguard children’s futures.