Across Gaza, the education system has been left in near-total ruin after months of genocidal war, with the vast majority of school buildings damaged or destroyed. What once served as classrooms for hundreds of thousands of children have been reduced to rubble or repurposed as emergency shelters, leaving students without safe spaces to learn and deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis.

Entire school complexes have been wiped out, including facilities that represented the last remaining educational infrastructure in some areas. In several cases, schools that had survived earlier stages of the devastation were later levelled, further narrowing the prospects for any return to normal schooling. With learning spaces transformed into overcrowded shelters, education has been pushed aside by the daily struggle for survival.

Despite the announcement of a ceasefire, conditions on the ground continue to deteriorate. Civilians, including children, have been injured in incidents involving military fire in southern Gaza, while other areas have been subjected to repeated bombardment. These developments have reinforced the sense that the genocidal war persists in practice, sustaining widespread displacement, trauma, and insecurity.

The destruction of educational infrastructure is part of a broader collapse affecting nearly all civilian systems in Gaza. Large sections of the territory’s infrastructure have been rendered unusable, with long-term consequences for public health, social stability, and economic recovery. Rebuilding is expected to require decades and tens of billions of dollars, while an entire generation risks growing up without consistent access to education.