The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has reported that 70 percent of the UNRWA schools have been ‘destroyed or damaged’ in over eleven months of Israeli bombings across the besieged Gaza Strip.

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of UNRWA wrote in a post on X on Monday that those schools that still stand are being used as shelters for displaced families.
 
“They cannot be used for learning. With no ceasefire, children are likely to fall prey to exploitation, including child labor and recruitment into armed groups,” Lazzarini noted.
 
"The longer children stay out of school, the higher the risk of a lost generation," Philippe Lazzarini says.
 
He also stated that children across the region are starting their new school term at UNRWA facilities, but not in Gaza.
 
Over 600,000 children in the Gaza Strip are deeply traumatized and living in rubble amid a devastating Israeli offensive, the UN agency chief said.
 
No end in sight to the genocide in Gaza as more Palestinians fall victim to Israel’s attacks across the besieged territory.
 
The Israeli aggression, which began last October, has claimed the lives of at least 40,738 Palestinians and injured over 94,000 others so far.