Broken Buildings and Bruised Psyches Complicate Start of Gaza School Year
There are 500,000 students who were scheduled to be divided among 648 schools, with 421 of the buildings being shared in double shifts. But the fighting between Israel and Hamas over the summer left at least 34 buildings damaged beyond use and dozens more in need of major repair. An additional 31 schools are still sheltering 59,728 residents who lost their homes.
Now, the students must be sorted into classrooms, taking into account that thousands no longer live where they did last year.
