The Palestinian Ministry of Education said 4,895 students have been killed and 8,514 injured since the beginning of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip and the West Bank on October 7.

The ministry explained in a statement that the number of students who have lost their lives in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli aggression reached more than 4,851 while 8,227 others have been wounded, WAFA news agency reported. 

In the West Bank 44 students have been killed and 283 others injured, in addition to 89 being detained, it added.

The statement indicated that 239 teachers and administrators were killed and 836 were injured in the Gaza Strip, six were injured, and more than 71 were detained in the West Bank.

The ministry pointed out that 620,000 students are still deprived of enrollment in their schools since October 7.

It explained that 286 government schools and 65 affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Refugees (UNRWA) were bombed and vandalized in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 83 of them being severely damaged and 7 completely destroyed, while 49 schools in the West Bank were stormed and vandalized.