DaysofPal – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has issued a stark and devastating assessment of the scale of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza: an average of one classroom full of children is killed every single day.
“Israel kills a classroom full of children every day in Gaza while they are sleeping, seeking shelter in schools, or waiting in line for water,” the agency said in a statement this week. According to UNRWA, that means between 35 and 45 children are being killed each day, based on the typical size of a class in Gaza’s overcrowded schools before the war.
Sam Rose, UNRWA’s director in Gaza, described the situation as unprecedented in modern conflict. “Every day since the start of the war in Gaza, an average of an entire classroom of children has been killed,” he stated, as schools once meant for learning have become shelters and now, frequent targets.
Since October 7, 2023, thousands of children have been killed in Gaza amid a relentless Israeli aggression marked by airstrikes, artillery barrages, and sniper fire. Many were killed inside or near UNRWA schools, which have been repeatedly struck even as they served as shelters for displaced families.
The numbers are not just statistics; they reflect a systematic destruction of Gaza’s future. With every classroom of children lost, entire families and generations are shattered.
The killing of children is only part of the larger picture of suffering. On Sunday, Israeli occupation forces carried out multiple attacks on Palestinians seeking aid, killing and wounding scores.
In one of the deadliest incidents, medical sources confirmed that 12 people were killed and over 100 wounded when occupation forces opened fire and shelled crowds gathered near an aid distribution point in the Al-Tina area, southwest of Khan Yunis.
Later the same day, Israeli forces reportedly fired a barrage of bullets at people assembled near another aid center operated by an American-Israeli company. north of Rafah. At least 25 people were killed, and more than 70 others were injured, according to the Palestinian News Agency.
Elsewhere across the besieged enclave, the killing continues. In Jabalia, two civilians were killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces targeted a group inspecting what remained of their destroyed homes.
In central Gaza, three people were injured when an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of civilians in Al-Maghraqa, and several others were wounded in Khan Yunis after a tent sheltering displaced people was hit near the industrial area.
Shortlink for this post: https://daysofpalestine.ps/?p=65922
