Humanitarian officials race to reopen Gaza schools, in photos
Byline: Abdel Kareem Hana
Palestinian students attend class inside a tent set up on the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
With a ceasefire reached last month largely holding, humanitarian officials are working frantically to reopen dozens of makeshift schools in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF estimates that over 630,000 Palestinian children missed out on school during the war.
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Students attend a morning assembly at a school set up on the beach in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Tahreer al-Awaini, 33, holds her daughter’s prewar certificates inside a classroom where she and her children now live, in Khan Younis, Gaza, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The school was bombarded in July 2024 during the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Palestinian high school students return to class, weeks after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, at the Kamilia School in the Old City of Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)Tahreer al-Awaini arranges blankets inside a classroom at a school that was bombed in July 2024 in Khan Younis during the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Students attend a morning assembly at a school set up on the beach in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Palestinian students attend class inside a tent set up on the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Palestinian high school students return to class, weeks after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, at the Kamilia School in the Old City of Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)Taj al-Hindi, 14, and her sister, Rimas al-Hindi, 15, fill water tanks inside a school that was bombed in July 2024 in Khan Younis during the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Palestinian high school students return to class weeks after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, at the Kamilia School in the Old City of Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)Palestinian high school students return to class weeks after a ceasefire was announced between Israel and Hamas, at the Kamilia School in the Old City of Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehand Alshrafi)A view of a school surrounded by buildings destroyed during Israeli air and ground operation in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
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