The ongoing war in Gaza will set children and young people's education back by up to five years and risks creating a lost generation of permanently traumatized Palestinian youth.

More than 14,500 of Gaza’s 1.1 million children have been killed since 7 October. All schools in Gaza have been closed for 625,000 students. 87.7% of all school buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed.

The most optimistic prediction – assuming an immediate ceasefire and rapid international effort to rebuild the education system – is that students will lose two years of learning. If the fighting continues until 2026, the losses could stretch to five years. This does not account for the additional effects of trauma, hunger and forcible displacement, all of which are deepening Gaza’s education crisis.

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