00:00Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Education reopened the historic Al-Kamayiliad school, located east of Gaza City.
00:07Gaza authorities reported that the former educational center opened its doors to welcome more than 300 Gaza students in a two-shift system, morning and afternoon.
00:17The initiative aims to meet the needs of dozens of children eager to recover their lives in the coastal enclave after years of continuous siege by Israel.
00:25On the other hand, the parents demanded more places to enroll their children so that they could revive social and cultural development, despite the destruction caused by the siege.
00:41My children attended a private school.
00:44Now, due to the circumstances, the poor conditions of the roads, the lack of transportation and the need to repair and renovate the schools,
00:51we have been forced to enroll them in educational initiatives in the area, where we flew after the destruction of our homes.
00:59These initiatives have limited places.
01:01Today, I came to enroll them, but I couldn't because they were full and the space was too small to accommodate more students.
01:09For three years, we have suffered because our children have been deprived of education,
01:14but we are trying to compensate them for what they have lost.
01:17Most schools in the Gaza Strip were destroyed during the occupation.
01:25This particular school is located in eastern Gaza.
01:28Neighbors in the area suggested we use it, so we began preparing the space with the local community,
01:34who cleaned and equipped the school to start classes.
01:37There are 300 students in this school.
01:39We are working with the resources available and hope to be able to accommodate more students.
01:43Parents warned their children to return to school after an interruption of over two years due to the war.
01:51As you know, the Palestinian people have one of the highest literacy rates in the world.
01:58I couldn't return to my old school, so I came here.
02:02All our schools were destroyed.
02:04Before the war, we used to go to school, learn, play and have fun.
02:08I want to continue my studies until the end.
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