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and medical supplies remain an obstacle to meeting health needs of the Gaza
population. Additionally, disruption of the supply of these and spare parts needed
for maintaining broken devices have made difficult the work of medical staff in
emergency sections, operation theatres, and intensive care units.
Israeli violations had a significant impact on the educational process. To
demonstrate their impact on the education, the Ministry of Education (MoE)
monitored and documented these violations. Israeli abuses of the educational
process both increased and varied. A total of 217 violations targeted 85 schools.
Of these, Israeli troops raided school compounds, fired tear gas canisters, stun
grenades, live ammunition, and rubber-coated steel bullets on students and school
buildings, threatened to close down schools, and physically assaulted students and
teachers. Some 41,052 students and 3,607 teachers and administrative personnel
experienced various abuses.1
In occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli policies were carried on, attempting to Israelise
and replace the Palestinian education curriculum with an Israeli one. To Judaise
them, Israel also sought to distort the Palestinian curriculum, including the content
of some school textbooks.
In the Gaza Strip, education has been negatively impacted by the blockade.
The Israeli occupying authorities obstructed reconstruction and restoration of
destroyed schools by denying access to necessary reconstruction materials. The
blockade also inhibited the construction of new school buildings to accommodate
the increasing number of students.
Large-scale violations targeted the Palestinian environment, including land, hair,
and water. The Israeli occupying authorities waged a silent war with the objective of
destroying Palestine’s environment, which reflects a central plank of the Palestinian
national identity. The Israeli occupying authorities disrupted and prevented staff
members of the Palestinian Energy and Natural Resources Authority (PENRA) from
discharging functions. As the Environmental Law enforcement agency, PNERA
carries out oversight, inspection, and law enforcement across Area C. Suspended
coordination between the Palestinian and Israeli sides reduced the ability of PENRA
personnel to access some regions and obstructed their role in prosecuting the
smuggling of waste, detecting wastewater flowing from Israeli settlements, and
monitoring other environmental violations. Israeli settlers set Palestinian citizens’
land on fire in a pre-emptive step prior to the olive harvest season. In addition to
environmental impact on flora, fauna and biodiversity, this practice is designed to
expel and disable Palestinians from tending their lands. This encroachment is all
the more fierce during the olive harvest season.
The Israeli occupying authorities have accentuated security instability and chaos.
To this end, Israel continued to disrupt functions and obstruct movement of
Palestinian security agencies from one area to another, particularly across Area
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MoE Directorate General of Field Monitoring, Ministry of Education, Annual Report on Israeli Violations
against the Educational Process, 2022, Ramallah, February 2023.
The Status of Human Rights in Palestine