المجلة الجزائرية للأمن والتنمية
Volume 15, Numéro 2, Pages 578-588
2026-07-01

The Repercussions Of Scholasticide On The Future Of Children In Gaza

Authors : Abuzaher Nadia .

Abstract

The study aims at exploring the impact of ‘scholasticide’ on children's futures in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023. To achieve this aim, the study depended on qualitative methodology, drawing on data from international reports issued by the United Nations. In addition, interviews were conducted with survivors of scholasticide, such as instructors and school principals from Gaza. The study concluded that scholasticide has a negative impact on the future of children far beyond the destruction infrastructure, this negative impact includes difficulties of rebuilding students’ educational infrastructure in the near future, attacking students of their right to education. Limited educational opportunities, increased vulnerability to radicalization, learning gap and a bad academic performance among the children, students being exposed to violence will affect their' mental health, and the loss of school staff during the war will affect the quality of education. Education shapes a nation's future; attacking education means attacking a nation's future.

Keywords

Scholasticide; Gaza Strip; Gaza’s school; future of children; right to education.