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UN expert accuses Israel of ‘scholasticide’ in Gaza
More than 660,000 children are currently out of school in Gaza, and of its estimated 815 schools, 97 percent have been damaged or destroyed, Farida Shaheed says.
The UN special rapporteur on the right to education described the collapse of Gaza’s education system due to Israel’s war as a “scholasticide”, which is the intentional destruction of educational infrastructure or the targeting of teachers and academics.
Shaheed told Al Jazeera Israel’s actions were “the complete, deliberate and systematic destruction” of Gaza’s education system and it was a form of “intergenerational war”.
Shaheed said reinstating UNRWA, the UN agency established to support Palestinian refugees, which runs a large network of schools, could help increase access to education.
“We also need to listen to what the children and educators are saying in Palestine,” Shaheed added.
UNRWA says operations in Gaza continue despite Israeli ban
Tamara Alrifai, director of external relations at UNRWA, has told Al Jazeera that the body has 12,000 Palestinian staff who “have not stopped working in Gaza – even though Israeli legislation has banned the entry of international staff into Gaza”.
She said international colleagues have been managing the agency’s humanitarian response and services remotely.
The inability to engage directly with the Israeli government has also significantly affected daily logistics and UNRWA’s ability to roll out life-saving support programmes, Alrifai added.
Gaza receives less than a third of aid trucks promised in ceasefire
Gaza is receiving just one-third of the aid trucks agreed under the ceasefire that took effect nearly a month ago, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reports.
Only 4,453 trucks have entered the Strip since the ceasefire began, far short of the 15,600 expected by the end of last week, QNA quoted Ismail al-Thawabta, director of Gaza’s Government Media Office, as saying.
Daily deliveries average 171 trucks instead of the 600 stipulated in the humanitarian protocol, he said, adding that Israel is blocking more than 350 essential food items, including eggs, meat, fish and fresh vegetables while allowing nonessential goods at inflated prices.
