Gaza: More than 70% of schools in the Gaza Strip have been directly hit by Israeli attacks since October 2023, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Monday.

According to Anadolu Agency, about 88% of schools in Gaza require reconstruction or major rehabilitation. This includes 162 UNRWA schools that once served hundreds of thousands of boys and girls. The refugee agency expressed concern that the Israeli war on Gaza has displaced, traumatized, and deprived Palestinian children of education. "Education in Gaza is a casualty of war," the agency added.

The Israeli army renewed a deadly assault on Gaza on March 18, disrupting a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that had been in place since January. Nearly 51,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed in Gaza since October 2023 due to the ongoing Israeli onslaught.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Additionally, Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the enclave.