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92% of Gaza Schools Destroyed as Funding Gap Grows

By Drooid · Sep 11, 2026, 4:44 PM UTC · How we work

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UNRWA educates 48,000 Palestinian refugee children in the occupied West Bank as school starts.
UNICEF reports 658,000 Gaza children lack proper education three years after the Israeli offensive.
The United States and about a dozen donors have cut hundreds of millions to UNRWA.
In Gaza, 92% of schools are destroyed and 60% of children have no classes.
$114 million is needed to close a 50% funding gap for Gaza’s education reconstruction.

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Story summary

UNRWA educates 48,000 Palestinian refugee children in the occupied West Bank as school starts.
UNICEF reports 658,000 Gaza children lack proper education three years after the Israeli offensive.
The United States and about a dozen donors have cut hundreds of millions to UNRWA.
In Gaza, 92% of schools are destroyed and 60% of children have no classes.
$114 million is needed to close a 50% funding gap for Gaza’s education reconstruction.