4 h. ago Humanitarian officials race to reopen Gaza schools, in photos

With a ceasefire reached last month largely holding, humanitarian officials are working frantically to reopen dozens of makeshift schools in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF estimates that over 630,000 Palestinian children missed out on school during the war.

Culture

4 h. ago Most of Gaza's schools are destroyed and hundreds of thousands of children cannot go back to class

More than 600,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have missed the past two years of school because of the war between Israel and the militant Hamas group

Politics

21 h. ago 'My daughter has a place at a private school in the UK, but she's stuck in Gaza'

“It feels difficult to eat when you know your daughter is hungry"

Politics

2 w. ago ‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire

After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violenceAmeen al-Zein, like many in Gaza, was overjoyed by the news of the ceasefire. It was a rare moment of relief after years of fear and loss. On Tuesday night he gave an interview to a local NGO urging people to return to their homes in northern Gaza now that fighting had stopped. Just half an hour later, Zein was dead, killed in an Israeli bombing on the school where he had been sheltering in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.He died without being able to fulfil his vow to his wife that they would return to Beit Lahia and pitch a tent over the rubble, eager to be home even if their house was no longer there. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Teenage girl awarded scholarship at British boarding school trapped in Gaza

Exclusive: A gap in the Home Office’s evacuation rules means that high school students with prestigious scholarships like teenager Dania Alfaranji have slipped through the cracks, reports Maira Butt

Events

4 w. ago ‘The loss of education is the loss of the future itself’: Gaza’s children and teachers on two years without school

With 97% of schools destroyed or damaged, 600,000 children have just begun their third year out of formal education. Three students and a teacher share their stories – and their hopesJuwayriya Adwan, 12, al-Mawasi, Khan Younis Continue reading...

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