Ministry reports more than 20,000 student deaths
The Palestinian Education Ministry says 20,748 students in Gaza and the occupied West Bank were killed during the three years since October 2023. Its report also records the deaths of 1,058 education and administrative staff across schools and universities. These are ministry figures and are presented as such.
In Gaza, the ministry counted 19,189 school students and 1,386 university students killed. It reported another 28,586 school students and 3,082 university students injured. Among education workers in the Strip, 805 school staff and 246 university personnel were reported killed, while thousands more were injured.
Losses and disruption in the West Bank
For the occupied West Bank, the ministry reported 134 school students and 39 university students killed. It recorded 871 school students and 283 university students injured. The report also listed 416 school students and 481 university students detained by Israeli forces, as well as detentions of teachers, school employees and university staff.
The figures describe casualties alongside a wider disruption to education. Schools and universities have been damaged or targeted, and many students have been unable to continue their studies. In Gaza, the ministry’s reported toll includes more deaths and injuries than in the West Bank, while the listed detentions are concentrated in the West Bank.
The ministry’s statistical release provides the source for these numbers; independent verification of every individual case is not detailed in the available summary. The figures should therefore be read as the ministry’s accounting of the impact on Palestinian education over the stated period.
