The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza said 12,820 Palestinian students in Gaza and occupied West Bank have lost their lives by Israeli forces since the regime unleashed its genocidal war on the besieged strip in October 2023.

The Ministry of Education announced in a statement on Tuesday that the number of students who were killed in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the aggression reached more than 12,701, and those who were injured reached 20,702.

According to the Ministry of Education 119 students were also killed in the West Bank and 649 others were injured, in addition to the detention of 542.

The Israeli killing campaign in Gaza has also left nearly 620 teachers and school heads dead and over 3,800 others injured in the occupied West Bank.

The Ministry of Education also pointed out that more than 540 schools were partially or completely destroyed in the Israeli onslaughts including 65 UN-run schools.

The Ministry of Education confirmed that 788,000 students in the Gaza Strip are still deprived of attending their schools and universities since the beginning of the aggression, while most students suffer from psychological trauma and face difficult health conditions.