The Gaza education crisis did not begin overnight. Even before October 2023, Gaza’s education system was under pressure due to decades of blockade, overcrowded classrooms, and limited resources. But what followed after the outbreak of conflict transformed a struggling system into a completely collapsed one. Since October 2023, formal schooling in Gaza has essentially stopped. According to Gaza education statistics compiled by the Education Cluster Palestine, by late 2025, all schools in Gaza serving approximately 625,000 children had been closed for nearly two years. These are not temporary disruptions they…
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