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
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 Hamas called on Arab and Muslim countries and organisations to condemn and express outrage against Israeli forces for burning copies of the Koran in a Gaza mosque
Asia Palestine WHO and UNICEF called for a 7-day pause in the fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow the vaccination of 640.000 children against polio, after a case was found in a 10-month-old child after more than 25 years