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Israeli 'scholasticide' has killed over 8,600 Palestinian students since the war

Israel has killed at least 8,572 Palestinian students in Gaza and 100 in the occupied West Bank since 7 October, the Palestinian Education Ministry reports.

Additionally, at least 497 teachers and administrators were killed and 3,402 were wounded. Hundreds of educational institutions, including 65 run by the Unrwa, were also bombed and vandalised. 

Experts have called this "scholasticide".