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School materials enter Gaza after being blocked for two years, UN agency says
- On Tuesday, UNICEF said it delivered thousands of recreational and 'school-in-a-carton' kits into the Gaza Strip for the first time in about two and a half years, including pencils and exercise books.
- Restrictions by Israeli authorities had previously blocked some school materials, forcing teachers to improvise and children to study at night in tents without lights.
- UNICEF says it will scale up support to reach half of school-age children, around 336,000, while a UN satellite assessment found at least 97 per cent of schools suffered damage.
- UNICEF says `We have now, in the last days, got in thousands of recreational kits, hundreds of school-in-a-carton kits. We're looking at getting 2,500 more school kits in, in the next week, because they've been approved`, James Elder said, while COGAT did not immediately respond.
- Humanitarian agencies warn that widespread destruction disrupted schooling and basic needs, with UNICEF citing more than 20,000 children killed and Gaza's health authorities reporting 71,000 Palestinians killed.
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School kits enter Gaza following years-long halt on education supplies: UNICEF
Over 4,400 recreational kits, 240 school-in-a-carton kits entered Gaza, while 2,875 recreational kits, about 2,500 school-in-a-carton kits, and more than 1,000 ECD kits received approval, says spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı
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