Difficulty: Summiteer (Level 3)
Children in Gaza are entering their second school year without schooling. Many spend their days helping their families in the struggle to survive amid Israel’s strikes.
Children walk barefoot on dirt roads to carry water in plastic bins from distribution points to their families. Most are living in tent cities filled with Palestinians driven from their homes. They also wait at charity kitchens to bring back food.
Humanitarian workers say the extended lack of education threatens long-term damage to Gaza’s children. Younger children suffer in their cognitive, social and emotional development. Older children are at greater risk of being pulled into work or early marriage, said Tess Ingram, regional spokesperson for Unicef.
Gaza’s 625,000 school-age children already missed out on a year of education. Negotiations to halt fighting in the Israel-Gaza war have been slow, and it is not known when they can return to class.
Answer: because of the Israel-Gaza war
