Gaza students brave snipers in 'yellow zone' tent schools as UNICEF warns 25% of children now have speech impediments.
Students in Beit Lahiya are attending makeshift classes in the dangerous ‘yellow zone’ near Israeli positions, as UNICEF warns that trauma has left 25 percent of children with speech impediments.
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In a small tent overshadowed by the sound of nearby gunfire, seven-year-old Tulin prepares for her first day of school in two years.
For most children, this would be a moment of excitement. For Tulin and her mother, it is a chapter of terror.
GAZA/CAIRO: She spends her lessons in the wintry cold on the floor of a crowded tent, her teacher interrupted by regular gunfire…
Most of the schools in the territory have been damaged or destroyed during the war, Unicef says.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip: Bissan Younis looked dejected as she stood outside a cluster of tents surrounded by rubble and debris,…
GAZA:With no backpack, books or uniform, 11-year-old Layan Hajji navigates the ruins of Gaza City and heads to a makeshift…
About 300,000 UNRWA pupils have been deprived of a formal education since Israel's war on Gaza began in October 2023.
Estimated 1 million children in Gaza need mental health support, as growing number lose ability to speak due to trauma.
