Nearly five months into israels devastating onslot on gaza amit a muted response from the selfproclaimed supporters of peace and human rights. The Israeli Regime has technically launched a massive Ethnic Cleansing Campaign in gaza while rendering the palestinian territory uninhabitable. So far, more than 29,00 people. Most of them women and children have been killed and over 69,00 others injured in the israeli strikes on the beseeged coastal territory. Nearly 2 Million People have also been displaced in gaza as a result of the israeli unslot. The Israeli Regime has destroyed hundreds of schools, including those run by the un in the besseged palestinian enclave. According to the speaker for there is absolutely no form of education or schooling in the gaza strip at the moment. There were approximately 625,000 School Age Children in the gaza strip, none of them are attending schools now. The level of violence and the ongoing hostilities, the intense bombing which is taking place, doesnt allow for education. According to the Palestinian Education officials, at least 280 government schools and six. Unra run schools have been destroyed or damaged, nearly 240 teachers have also lost their lives in israeli strikes on gaza. Also more than 4,850 students have been killed and over 8,200 others have been injured as of february 6th. Al shama akram saidam was one of these students, teenager who graduated from high school as the top ranking palestinian. Student of 2023 with a 99. 6 average score. Two months before the israeli onslot on gaza, saidams home was filled with drums and loud uliolations of women celebrating her achievement. Shima had decided to study english translation at the Islamic University of gaza before she was brutally killed along with several members of her family an israeli air strike targeting a refugee camp in gaza. Since october 2023, more than 625,00 students and 22,500 teachers in gaza have been denied access to schools due to the israeli attacks. I need to study in a new school. We used to play, study and have fun in it, but unfortunately the school was destroyed. We had to flee to refugee camp. My dream. To become a journalist, that was the future that i had been dreaming of since i was a little child. Secondly, we live in a un schools, we cannot drink water like we used to because it it is contaminated. There is no clean water, we live in a tent. The cold, the snow and rain are killing us. The Israeli Military has even targeted the un school sheltering palestinian refugees, killing defenseless civilians, most of them women. Children. The gaza strip is home to 12 universities, almost all of them targeted by the Israeli Military. Back in january, the Israeli Military blew up the last standing university in gaza, alisra university. The Israeli Military had used the building of the university as base for the deadly operations against palestinians in gaza before destroying it. Israeli soldiers used hundreds of minds and filmed themselves leveling the Educational Institution to the ground. The viral video sparked online controversy with many academics and University Students around the globe calling for academic boycot of israel. In this video reporter grills a us state department. Youve seen the video, its pretty widely available, but it certainly looks, i mean it looks like a controlled demolition, it looks like what we do here in this country when were taking down an old hotel or a stadium, um, and you have nothing to say, you have nothing to say about this, i mean to do that kind of an explosion you need to be in there, you have to put the. Exploses down and it takes a lot of planning and preparation to do, and if there was a threat from this particular facility, they wouldnt have been able to do it, so i have seen the video, i can tell you that it is something we uh are raising with the governor of israel as we do often do, when we see when we see to to ask questions and and and find out what the underlying situation is as we often do when we see reports of this nature, but im not able to characterize the actual. On the ground before hearing that that res but you saw the video . Did see the video, i dont i dont i dont what was it looks like, i dont know what was under that building, i dont know what was uh inside inside, it doesnt matter what was under the building, because they obviously got in there to put the explosives down to to do it in the way that they did, again im im glad you have factual certainty about, i just i just dont, i dont all i have is what i saw in the video right, and i think you guys saw it too. But we did see it, i can say that we have raised it with israel to you. Many observers are now saying that Israeli Forces deliberately target universities and academics as part of a strategy to undermine palestinian capacity to survive, resist and continue as a people. So lets talk about the assault on educational and cultural institutions. Its clearly by design. I mean, this is not accidental. What is it that israel, why is it that israel . Is determined to obliterate educational and cultural institutions, and there are many that i havent mentioned, including gazas public library, gazas cultural center. Why are these important targets for the israelis . I think they want to wipe out everything that that points to the palestinian identity or palestinian culture, its like they the propaganda says the people with no land came to. Land with no people, the israeli attacks on Educational Centers in gaza comes against the backdrop of the fact that the top palestinian academic figures have been deliberately targeted in israeli attacks. Since october 7th, the Israeli Military has killed at least 94 University Professors in gaza. The israeli attacks have killed 94 University Professors. These include professor sufan taya, the president. The Islamic University of gaza, an Award Winning physicist and unesco chair of astronomy, astrophysics and Space Sciences in palestine who died alongside his family an air strike. Dr. Akmed hamdi, abu absa dean of the Software Engineering department at the university of palestine reportedly shot dead by Israeli Soldiers as he walked away, having been released from three days of enforced. Detention. Professor mohammed ed shabir, professor of immunology and virology, and former president of the Islamic University of gaza, professor rafat al arier, poet and professor of comparative literature and creative writing at the Islamic University of gaza, who was killed along with members of his family. Despite all israeli restrictions, palestine has one of the highest Literacy Rates in the world. With a literacy. Of 96. 3 as of 2014. The Literacy Rate is even higher among males with 98. 4 being literate. The gas strip has the highest Literacy Rate with the literate population of 96. 8 compared to 96 in the west bank. Women have made significant progress in literacy over the past two decades, with the rate jumping from 78. 6 in 1995 to 94. 1 in 2014. The high Literacy Rate among palestinians is testament. Their commitment to education despite all the challenges they face, they dont want your people to you know to educate themselves, they dont want education, they want to destroy schools, universities, because thats the only way the palestinian had, we dont we have we had no weapon, we had no future, so we every palestinian in gaza, as i know, they were derived themselv from food and they will send their kids to college, like they becomes it becomes like an you know. Necessities the must everybody send their kids to college, they have to, they dont let them you know just after high school and sit down, they force them or the ask him to go to college, and even the young, the young children, the young kids are convinced that you have you build a future and you can get your country back by educating yourself. Two years before the israeli onslot on gaza, two journalists asked a number of children in gaza about their dreams, they said wanted to continue their education and build their country, my dream is to become a doctor, why do you want to become a doctor . To treat people, why to treat people because of the war . I want to become a pilot and travel and frees i want to become an engineer, why . Because whenever the Israeli Occupation destroys our houses, i could rebuild them, to build my country and let it prosper, to see my country under my hands develop into a beautiful place. Over the past eight years, palestinian have demonstrated that Israeli Aggression cannot extinguish your unwavering spirit and aspirations. Despite the immense challenges faced by the palestinian people, their resilience remains unyielding. Theyve already shown that their dreams for freedom, justice and selfdetermination cannot be destroyed by genocide or by occupation. Four palestinians die of hunger and dehydration as the Israeli Regimes genocidal war on the gaza strip enters its 153rd day. South africa urges the world course to take additional emergency measures against. Israel to prevent eminent famin and starvation in gaza