01 September 2025
From Philippe Lazzarini, the UNRWA Commissioner-General as posted on his official X account (previously known as Twitter)
Gaza is in ruins.
So is its education system.
The Israeli Forces have destroyed or damaged most schools and education facilities in Gaza.
Today, instead of going back to school, like most children around the world, around 660,000 girls and boys in Gaza will be sifting through the rubble, desperate, hungry, traumatized and mostly bereaved.
The longer they stay out of school with their trauma, the higher the risk they become a lost generation, sowing the seeds for more hatred and violence.
Ceasefire is the only way forward, to reverse the famine and the “Scholasticide” hitting the children of Gaza.
Document Type: Social media post, Statement
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Education and culture, Gaza Strip
Publication Date: 01/09/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-gaza-ruins-so-its-education-system
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Education and culture, Gaza Strip
Publication Date: 01/09/2025
URL source: https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-commissioner-general-gaza-gaza-ruins-so-its-education-system