NEW YORK September 02. 2024 (Saba) - The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, announced on Monday, that more than 70% of the agency's schools in Gaza have been destroyed or damaged as a result of the Zionist aggression.
According to the Ma'an News Agency, Lazzarini said, in a post on the "X" platform, that the majority of UNRWA schools have become shelters crowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced families and cannot be used for education.
He added: More than 600,000 children in Gaza, half of whom were in UNRWA schools, are suffering from severe trauma and living under the rubble, deprived of education.
According to the Ma'an News Agency, Lazzarini said, in a post on the "X" platform, that the majority of UNRWA schools have become shelters crowded with hundreds of thousands of displaced families and cannot be used for education.
He added: More than 600,000 children in Gaza, half of whom were in UNRWA schools, are suffering from severe trauma and living under the rubble, deprived of education.