Israeli forces kill 297 students, wound 3690 during the Intifada
Palestine-Israel, Military, 12/26/2002

A report issued by the educational media department at the Palestinian ministry of education said that the Israeli occupation forces have killed since the eruption of the Palestinian Intifada some 297 students and wounded more than 2690 children who used to have regular classes, with hundreds of them becoming of permanently displaced.

The report said that the Israeli forces arrested 75 teachers and 160 male and female students and closed several schools under military instruction by the time in which studies stopped in 850 schools while other 197 schools were exposed to breaking in and inspection operations.

The report also said that the Palestinian students lost more than 1300 school days.

Worthy mentioning that the Israeli settlers took part in the attacks against the Palestinian educational establishments.

Scores of Palestinian students were wounded as a result of explosives implanted by members of the Jewish organizations in each al-Mubakker mountain, and al-Zahereyah town in Jerusalem area. Until now the identity of executors of these operations was not disclosed.

The report considered that the right to education is one of the basic rights to man and that this is stated in several international agreements approved by the UN human rights organizations and that the right to learning was stated in many regional and local legislative treaties and charters at the UN member states.

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