Ansar Allah website - Report - 14 Muharram 1448 AH
 

 The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) stated that the authorities of the Zionist enemy entity are continuing their escalated targeting of students in the occupied West Bank. This forms part of a systematic policy impacting various educational levels, the latest of which was the arrest of four high school students during their final General Secondary Education Certificate (Tawjihi) examinations.

In a statement released on Monday, the PPS explained that prior to and during the current year, enemy forces had arrested 65 male and female high school students, continuing a policy that deprives students of their right to education.

The Society identified the arrested students as:

  • Fajr Ahmed Al-Mashni (17 years old) from the town of Al-Shuyukh, who was placed under administrative detention for a period of six months.

  • Salah Al-Din Muhammad Al-Azza (18 years old) from the Al-Fawwar camp, who is currently injured.

  • Aseid Mustafa Amour (17 years old) from the town of Rummanah.

  • Abdul Karim Issa Safi (17 years old) from the Jalazone camp.

The statement added that since the beginning of the genocide, the authorities of the usurping entity have escalated arrest campaigns targeting students across all educational stages, as part of broader mass arrest campaigns that have swept up tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The PPS pointed out that these campaigns have transformed the most crucial milestone in a high school student's educational journey into a point of abuse, arresting them and preventing them from taking their exams.

The Society emphasized that this escalation is not limited to the broadening scope of arrests, but extends to the conditions of the detained students and children inside occupation prisons, where they are completely denied their right to education. It stressed that stripping prisoners of this right represents one of the most dangerous shifts imposed by the prison system in the wake of the genocide.

Furthermore, the PPS noted that the Zionist prison administration pursues an integrated policy based on systematic torture, humiliation, and abuse aimed at breaking the prisoners psychologically and physically—practices that also target detained children and students.

The Palestinian Prisoners' Society called upon international human rights organizations and United Nations bodies concerned with human rights, children's rights, and the right to education to assume their responsibilities regarding the escalating crimes against detained students. It urged them to take urgent action to pressure the Zionist enemy authorities to halt the policy of targeting students and depriving them of education.

The Society also demanded that protection be provided for captive children and students, and called for an end to systematic torture policies that blatantly violate the rules of international humanitarian law, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

As this year's high school exams commence, students are attempting to overcome the impacts of more than two years of educational disruption and the absence of regular in-person learning. This comes at a time when the daily priorities for many families have shifted from studying and academic achievement to the search for water, food, and basic life necessities, particularly in the Gaza Strip.

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education announced that the high school examinations for students from the Gaza Strip began on June 20, 2026, via an electronic exam system—an exceptional step forced by the field conditions and circumstances experienced in the Strip.

According to Ministry data, approximately 37,700 male and female students from the Gaza Strip are taking the exams this year, out of a total of about 91,000 applicants across Palestine and abroad.