The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that the Israeli occupation army has directly targeted more than 400 schools in the Gaza Strip, since it began its genocidal war on October 7, 2023.
The agency noted in a post on the X platform on Monday that most schools in the Gaza Strip were damaged by Israeli attacks.
She added that more than 70 percent of schools, most of which were shelters for displaced Palestinians, were directly targeted by the Israeli army.
She pointed out that 88 percent of schools in Gaza need complete renovation or rehabilitation.
She explained that 162 of the schools damaged by Israeli attacks belong to her.
She stated that children in Gaza have been displaced, killed, injured, and deprived of education for a year and a half due to Israeli attacks.
On October 28, 2024, the Knesset (Israeli parliament) finally approved, by a large majority, two laws prohibiting UNRWA from conducting any activities within Israel, revoking its privileges and facilities, and prohibiting any official contact with it. The decisions entered into force at the end of last January.
The Israeli occupation claims that UNRWA employees participated in the October 7, 2023, attack on military posts and settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip, a claim the agency denied, and the United Nations affirmed UNRWA's commitment to neutrality.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 167,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.
