Gaza Information Department: Israel has killed more than 100 professors and scientists

The Media Department of the Gaza Government has announced that the Israeli army has killed more than a hundred scientists, scholars, university professors and researchers in the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for the eighth month in a row.

May 18, 2024 - 14:20
Gaza Information Department: Israel has killed more than 100 professors and scientists

The Media Department of the Gaza Government has announced that the Israeli army has killed more than a hundred scientists, scholars, university professors and researchers in the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip for the eighth month in a row.

The department has published a list of the names of the martyrs killed by the Israeli army, including the president of the Islamic University of Gaza, Sufyan Tayeh, a professor of burn medicine and one of Gaza's leading surgeons, Medhat Saidam, and the Minister of formerly of Education, Osama Al-Muzaini.

The Media Department of the Government of Gaza has said that attacking this prominent group in the Palestinian community confirms the Israeli occupation regime's plans to completely eliminate academics and researchers in the education sector, noting that Israel's attacks have completely destroyed 103 universities and schools. during that period, causing losses in 311 universities and schools.

More than 100 academics and journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza

The statement has encouraged universities and education sectors in all countries in the world to condemn the killing, which it has said is part of Israel's genocide against the Palestinians. It has also burdened Israel and the US administration with full responsibility for the historic crime.

The Media Department of the Government of Gaza has also called on countries and organizations dealing with education issues to condemn the killing of scholars and academics and to pressure Israel to end the war of extermination targeting this group and the education sector in general.