from the NYT
Most of Gaza’s schools, including all of its universities, have severe damage that makes them unusable, which could harm an entire generation, the United Nations and others say.
Amjad Abu Daqqa was among the top students at his school in Khan Younis, excelling in math and English, and he was applying for a scholarship to study in the United States when war erupted in the Gaza Strip last October.
Teachers used to reward his good grades with trips to local historical sites or to the pier, where they would watch boats and take pictures of the sunset. He dreamed of going into medicine like his big sister, Nagham, who studied dentistry in Gaza City.
But his old life and old dreams now feel far away. His school was bombed, many of his friends and teachers are dead, and his family fled their home to seek safety in Rafah, along with more than one million others.
“Everything in my town is gone forever,” said Amjad, 16. “I feel like I am a body without a soul, and I want to feel hopeful again.”
No end to the war in Gaza is in sight. Even if there were, it would do little to change the bleak educational prospects of more than 625,000 students who the United Nations estimates are in the territory...
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-army-turns-sinai-tribes-prepare-influx-palestinians-gaza
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Rafah invasion: Egyptian army turns to Sinai tribes to prepare for influx of Palestinians
Exclusive: Secret service officers ask Bedouin tribes to assist the army in preventing a mass influx of Palestinian refugees from Gaza to Egypt's Rafah
Hamas leaves ceasefire talks without a breakthrough
ReplyDeleteAbout 100,000 Palestinians in parts of Rafah that Israel wants to evacuate
Death toll from Rafah strikes rises to 26
Fourth Israeli soldier dies after rocket attack on Gaza border crossing
'Full-blown famine' in northern Gaza, EU official warns
Hamas leaves ceasefire talks without a breakthrough
Gaza death toll reaches 34,735, with 78,108 injured
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/05/06/live-israel-gaza-war-rafah/
separate rafah story here details:
Deletehttps://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/05/06/why-rafah-is-important-and-how-will-israels-assault-change-the-war/
More than 1.5 million of Gaza's 2.1 million population have sought refuge in Rafah as Israel carried out deadly and devastating attacks in northern and central Gaza, leaving little for civilians to go back to should they decide to return north.