Asia Palestine As of 1 October, the World Food Programme, the UN agency that provides food assistance worldwide, had to stop sending food aid to the north of the Gaza Strip due to shelling by the Israeli army
Asia Palestine Since October 2023, 659.000 children have been unable to attend school in Gaza because of damaged or completely destroyed facilities, UNICEF reported
Asia Palestine Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda and AJ+ won the Emmy in the category Outstanding Hard News Feature Story for the documentary It's Bisan from Gaza - and I'm Still Alive
Asia Palestine The school year in the Gaza Strip has not started and classes will remain close for the second year in a row; humanitarian organisations are running various informal education projects and teachers have started classes in their homes or refugee camps
Asia Palestine The Palestinian territories have seen an 85% drop in illiteracy rates over the past two decades, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said