Gaza university resumes in-person classes
The Islamic University of Gaza has begun the first steps towards a gradual return to in-person learning, inside buildings damaged by Israeli air raids and partly reduced to rubble.
Within partially restored, cracked walls, hundreds of students returned to classrooms in a scene that reflects the determination of Gaza to reclaim life and education despite the scars of war.
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![Displaced Palestinian Mervat al-Bassiouny, whose leg was amputated due to an Israeli attack, views the damage while using crutches as she shelters inside a building at the Islamic University of Gaza, from where she graduated and which was hit in previous Israeli raids, in Gaza City [Mahmoud Issa/File: Reuters]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/637/851/478/662/165/original/a44d5254911cfb0b.webp)
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Parts of the university’s buildings also shelter hundreds of displaced families, whose homes were destroyed during the genocide and who have no alternative refuge, prompting the school’s administration to appeal to relevant authorities to find urgent solutions and provide them with alternative housing.
The Israeli genocide destroyed 165 schools, universities and educational institutions, while 392 sustained partial damage, crippling Gaza’s education sector.
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