SHOTLIST:

GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (SEPT. 4, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN TEACHER GIVING LESSON TO STUDENTS IN TENT IN GAZA STRIP

2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN STUDENT LEYLA HELPING HER MOTHER TO CARRY WATER AND MAKING BREAD

3. PALESTINIAN ARABIC TEACHER NAGA ABU RAHME SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic)

4. VARIOUS OF GIRL PREPARING HER SCHOOL BAG FOR LESSON IN TENT

5. VARIOUS OF GIRL STUDYING LESSON

6. PALESTINIAN STUDENT LEYLA SPEAKING TO REPORTER (Arabic)

7. LEYLA STUDYING LESSON (TWO SHOTS)

8. VARIOUS OF LEYLA GOING TO LESSON IN TENT

9. VARIOUS OF TEACHERS GIVING LESSONS IN TENT

GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - SEPT. 4: About 785,000 students in Gaza have been unable to attend school since Oct. 7, 2023, as Israel’s military campaign and blockade continue, Gaza’s government media office said.

While many countries begin a new academic year, schools in Gaza remain closed for the third consecutive year due to destruction from ongoing attacks.

Many school buildings have been converted into shelters for displaced Palestinians, while others have been reduced to rubble by Israeli airstrikes.

In an effort to keep children connected to learning, Arabic teacher Naga Abu Rahme set up a tent classroom in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. She said three years without education puts children at risk of forgetting what they’ve learned. Her lessons focus on core subjects such as Arabic, English and mathematics.

Among her students is 11-year-old Leyla, who has been displaced and lost her father in the war. She said she is trying to make up for three years of missed schooling and hopes the war will end so she can return to a real classroom.

While schools in the occupied West Bank are set to reopen on Sept. 1, Gaza’s classrooms remain shuttered.

The Palestinian Education Ministry said around 700,000 students in the enclave have seen their schooling suspended under bombardment, with more than 70,000 unable to take high school exams for two consecutive years.

According to ministry data, Israeli attacks since October 2023 have killed at least 17,000 school students and more than 1,200 university students in Gaza, while injuring tens of thousands more.

In the occupied West Bank, dozens of students have also been killed, wounded or detained by Israeli forces during the same period.

The toll has extended to teachers and academic staff. Nearly 1,000 education workers have been killed in Gaza, and thousands more injured or detained across the Palestinian territories.

The ongoing genocide in Gaza has entered its 700th day on Friday, with Israel having killed more than 64,200 Palestinians. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.