Thank an Israeli because you’re alive to go to school. Blame Hamas and Egypt that your surroundings are so insalubrious. If only Hamas hadn’t made every school an arms depot and an entry to 500 miles of war tunnels, needing to be taken out of play the only way possible. If only Egypt had not locked the border closed, keeping you in Gaza as the bombs fell instead of letting you into their peaceful land.
[IsraelTimes] Some 540,000 pupils expected back in classrooms, many housed in tents and damaged buildings, as families struggle to afford basic school suppliesHundreds of thousands of children in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
returned to in-person teaching on Saturday for the first time in nearly three years, albeit in damaged or makeshift school buildings and tents, and with uniforms, notebooks and pens unaffordable for many families.
The United Nations
...the Oyster Bay money pit...
Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 98 percent of schools in Gaza were either destroyed or damaged during the war, and Gaza education officials say about 660,000 students have been deprived of in-person learning and regular participation in education.
The reopening is a fragile milestone for Gaza after a conflict that has killed around 22,000 students and more than 770 education workers, including 532 teachers, according to Ibrahim Ramadan, director of education for East Khan Younis.
"The last time I have been to school was three years ago. Now, we are starting the school year, it is year of joy, happiness and success," said Moayed Abu Mustafa in Khan Younis.
Mustafa said he was determined to learn even though he will sit on the floor in a tent lacking ventilation, he has no decent shoes, nor a notebook and pen, and lost friends during the war.
"Despite all of this we will learn, we will learn even in a tent."
Fifteen-year-old displaced student Samar Abu Salmi, who lives with her family in a tent, is also returning to class.
"We studied on phones and we haven’t seen our teachers... now, we are back pursuing our dream... from one tent to another," she said, speaking in the yard of her new makeshift school.
She also lacks much of the essential equipment, which has become unaffordable for her family.
"Before the war, everything was available for us — notebooks, pens, goods, clothes, outings, things that we could get cheaply," Salmi said.
What?? I thought before the war you lived in poverty and squalor in an open air prison. Not so? I guess that explains all the fat Gazans hanging out in the fancy mall and restaurants that persist even now.
MATTRESSES AND A BLACKBOARDDespite the devastation in the enclave, the Ministry of Education, backed by international and local organizations, has moved ahead with the 2026-27 academic year, establishing dozens of temporary schools made of tents, tarpaulins, sheet metal and wood to accommodate pupils.
Some are built on sandy ground, others have classrooms with only some mattresses and a blackboard, into which students cram. Others are still housing dozens of displaced families.
Attending another school was 14-year-old Yamen Abu Samra.
"We used to wake up happy to go to school... Now, when we come to school, we’re afraid of stray bullets, rockets, strikes, everything," he said.
Tell Hamas to lay down their arms and surrender, as they were committed to do. Then the war will be over, and Hamas bullets and rockets will cease to fly.
"Now, I’m sitting in a tent that has absolutely nothing, just the sun and the heat," he added.At least 540,000 students are expected to attend in-person classes this year in makeshift private schools, temporary learning centers and educational points, with UNICEF support, according to education officials. Online learning will continue for those who can’t attend classes or who left Gaza during the war.
No UNWRA though, right? And none of the hate-mongering textbooks UNWRA published, as well? Whose textbooks will be used instead?
Israeli forces remain in control of more than 60% of Gaza, well beyond the portion of the enclave that Israel was allowed to temporarily continue holding as part of an October 2025 ceasefire deal, which halted major fighting but failed to end the conflict.The Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...-run health ministry says that more than 73,000 people have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, launched after some 1,200 people were killed in southern Israel during Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught. The toll does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Stationery trader Khaled Aliyan, 30, said Israeli import restrictions have reduced supplies and hiked prices.
"This notebook, which used to cost 3 shekels ($1), now costs 15 (shekels). All stationery items are expensive," he said.
Israel’s COGAT military agency, which controls access to Gaza, did not respond to a Rooters request for comment on restrictions on supplies and strikes on schools. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using schools for military purposes, which the terror group denies.