Paris, 4 August 2014 - On Friday 1 August, the United Nations launched the 2014 Gaza Crisis Appeal in order to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza. Education facilities and schools are on the front line of this crisis.
News Archive
August 03, 2014
August 03, 2014
“What does this have to do with us?,” asked a blood-splattered girl called Amina pulled from the rubble of Jabaliya primary school last week.
August 02, 2014
NRC demands an immediate halt to Israel's bombing of schools and Hamas’ use of schools in their military operation.
August 02, 2014
At least 10 people at a United Nations school in Gaza have been killed today in an apparent Israeli air strike.
August 02, 2014
At least two universities, seven United Nations schools and an estimated 141 locally run schools have suffered severe damage in the month-long war between Israel and Hamas.
August 02, 2014
A girls primary school was blown up by unidentified militants in Sro Kalay, Shabqadar near the Charsadda-Mohmand border in the early hours of Saturday.
August 02, 2014
JERUSALEM — As Israel began to redeploy significant numbers of its troops away from populated areas of Gaza on Sunday, an Israeli Air Force missile struck near the entrance of a United Nations school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah...
August 02, 2014
DOHA: In light of new reports, confirmed by UNRWA’s initial assessment, indicating a deadly attack by Israeli defence forces on a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Education Above All (EAA) has condemned the killing of and injuries to innocent children and other civilians caught in repeated destruction of educational institutions as part of the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip.
August 01, 2014
By Alan Smith, UNESCO Chair in Education for Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
The shelling of Jabalia Elementary Girls' School in Gaza on July 30 by Israeli forces was a shocking example of modern military action. The shelling was the sixth time a United Nations school has been struck since the current hostilities began.
July 31, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama speaks to selected participants of the Presidential Summit for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, during a roundtable discussion.
