Hyderabad: With over 3000 children killed in Israel bombardment on Palestine, the Gaza's Ministry of National Education has announced a premature end to the academic sessiojn 2023-24, official sources said. Gaza’s Ministry of National Education announced the heartbreaking news with the following statement: “Due to the martyrdom of many of our students, the 2023/2024 academic year has come to an end.”
According to reports, more than 3,257 children have been killed, including 3195 in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29 in Israel since the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct 7 and the subsequent Israel bombardment on Palestine. The number of children killings account for 40 percent of the over 7700 people killed in the Israel bombardment.
Reports claimed that the number of children reported killed in three weeks in Gaza was more than the combined killings in armed conflict globally – across more than 20 countries – over the course of a whole year, for the last three years. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA )- the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Palestine saying it has become a “matter of life and death for millions”.
The UNRWA also accused Israel of “collective punishment” of Palestinians and the forced displacement of civilians in the country. Head of the UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini who addressed a UN emergency meeting on Monday said "a further breakdown of civil order following the looting of the agency’s warehouses by Palestinians searching for food and other aid will make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the largest UN agency in Gaza to continue operating."
