Palestine Government has lamented how more than 630,000 students in Gaza are deprived of their right to enroll in schools, 58,000 to enroll in universities, and 39,000 who did not take the high school exams.
Ambassador of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh who made the indication this Thursday i while addressing Journalists in Abuja noted that the Israeli war has left 25,000 students dead, mimed or wounded and led to the destruction of 90% of government school buildings.
Shawesh explained that majority of UNRWA-run schools that are still standing have been turned into shelters for internally displaced persons, as according to him, since on the 9th October, 2023, Israel declared its starvation campaign against Gaza.
“By December, Palestinians in Gaza made up 80 per cent of the people in the world experiencing famine or catastrophic hunger.
Never in post-war history had a population been made to go hungry so quickly and so completely as was the case for the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza”. He said.
“According to OCHA, between 1 and 31 August 2024, an average of only 69 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day.”
“The death toll among children and infants due to starvation and dehydration is 37. In this connections, citing AMNESTY International, Israel expand the buffer zone along the perimeter with Gaza by confiscating approximately 58 km² amount to 16% of Gaza strip. 20km² or 59% of agriculture land within the area shows a decline in health and density of crops due to the ongoing war.
Shawesh also alleged that various Israeli army forces, under the direct command of political and military leaders, with full support and open complicity of the USA, continue to mass murder, wound, maim, starve, wanton destruction, displace, and dispossess Palestinian civilians in a vengeful and lethal campaign of televised genocide.
He said that on the 342nd day of the ongoing American-Israeli carnage against the Palestinian people, statistics reveal the tragic reality of one of the darkest stages in modern history.
“Countries that proclaim themselves as the greatest defenders of human rights, countries that have been annoying us day and night with lectures about human rights violations and international law, are now blatantly disregarding international law and trampling on human rights principles in a brazen manner”. He added.
Shawesh however accused America and Israel of essentially practicing the law of the jungle in broad daylight.
“Remember that: Devoured the day the white bull was eaten. As of yesterday, September 11, the death toll had risen to 41,000, with 95,000 wounded and 10,000 still missing under the rubble and streets.
Additionally, 10,400 Palestinians have been arrested and kidnapped since the beginning of the Israeli war, all of whom are subjected to the most severe forms of ill-treatment, torture, and medical neglect.
September 9 is the International Day to Protect Education from Attack and it is also the first day of the 2024-2025 school year in Palestine”.
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