The Ministry of Education said that more than 15,000 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of Israel’s war against the Gaza Strip, the majority of them school and kindergarten students, in addition to 64 students from schools in the West Bank, including Jerusalem (al-Quds).

The ministry added in a statement, on the occasion of the International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression, which fell on June 4, that the most prominent title of this occasion was “The Children of Gaza,” as they are the biggest victims of the ongoing occupation aggression since the October 7, according to Wafa news agency. 

It further indicated that the occupation destroyed schools and kindergartens and specifically targeted civilians with children, killing them, forcibly abandoning them, arresting them, depriving them of food and health services, and other serious violations, which represent crimes that exceeded norms, charters, and the human rights system.