The winter depression hitting the Gaza Strip has flooded a number of educational tents and destroyed school books and notebooks, turning schoolyards into pools of mud and leaving students to endure cold and rain, amid continued deterioration of educational and humanitarian conditions.
The Ministry of Education in Gaza warned of worsening health and educational conditions with the onset of winter, as students lack a safe educational environment that protects them from harsh weather conditions.
The ministry called for providing water-resistant educational tents, securing alternative schools and winter supplies for students, opening the crossings and bringing in the necessary needs, and working to rebuild the schools destroyed by the occupation.
