These are some of the prominent Palestinian academics killed by Israel

Palestine has one of the highest literacy rates in the world, but Israel's war on Gaza has devastated the education sector, killing thousands of students and leaving hundreds of thousands out of school for almost five months.

According to the Euro-Med Monitor, Israel's army has so far killed 94 university professors, along with hundreds of teachers, in what the rights group describes as "deliberate and specific air raids" on the homes of academic, scientific or intellectual figures.

"The targeted academics studied and taught across a variety of academic disciplines, and many of their ideas served as cornerstones of academic research in the Gaza Strip's universities," the rights group said. 

In the piece below, Middle East Eye looks at some of the academics and scientists killed since the war began. 

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