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Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study
BySarah Johnson June 15, 2026

Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA saysAttacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, inju…

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Drought and floods drove them from their homes. But hunger and poverty have followed them to a Mogadishu camp
ByMoulid Hujale in Burhakaba June 6, 2026

More than 6.5 million Somalis have been pushed to the brink of severe hunger as the climate crisis, fighting and cuts in aid leave a trail of despairFor three years, Zeynab Ibrahim watched as her little town shrivelled up and died. The rains never came…

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‘Go inside, he will kill you’: Israeli militants step up West Bank school attacks
ByEmma Graham-Harrison, Sufian Taha and Quique Kierszenbaum in Mughayyir May 2, 2026

Education is being targeted across Palestine, with the murder of 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan only the latest in a spree of violenceThe Israeli reservist shot 14-year-old Aws al-Naasan in the head just outside the western gate of the Mughayyir boys’ secon…

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Israeli forces fire teargas at schoolchildren holding West Bank sit-in
ByAgence France-Presse in Umm al-Khair April 13, 2026

Incident took place on first day back at school in small village, as settlers blocked pupils’ accessIsraeli forces have fired teargas at Palestinian schoolchildren who were staging a sit-in in the occupied West Bank after settlers blocked access to the…

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Death, displacement and military duties: children plunged into crisis by Middle East war
ByWilliam Christou in Beirut, Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem, Oliver Holmes in London April 4, 2026

The US-Israeli war will have a lifelong impact on millions of children across the Middle EastMillions of children have been plunged into crisis by the war in the Middle East, with reports of child soldiers in Iran, mass forced displacements in Lebanon …

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‘My heart is breaking’: Lebanese family grieve daughter killed by Israeli bomb
ByWilliam Christou and Abbas Abdelkarim in Beirut March 27, 2026

Narjis, one of 121 children killed in Lebanon this month, wanted to be a doctor and ‘was like a blossom’, her mother saysMiddle East crisis – live updatesRania Jaber told her husband that if God blessed them with a daughter, she would be named Narjis, …

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We can’t stand by while children are killed in war | Letters
ByGuardian staff March 18, 2026

Readers respond to Gordon Brown’s article about the effects of war on children following the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh school in Minab, IranWe welcome Gordon Brown’s powerful focus on the traumatic effects of war on children in Iran (Children ki…

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Gordon Brown calls for international criminal court for crimes against children
ByIsaaq Tomkins March 12, 2026

Former PM says schools ‘deserve same moral status as hospitals’ after 168 schoolgirls killed in US-Israel war on IranGordon Brown: ‘Children killed, a school turned into a graveyard: even in wartime, we can’t accept this’A school turned into a graveyar…

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Video shows US Tomahawk missile hit base next to bombed Iranian school
ByTess McClure March 9, 2026

Footage of attack on Minab compound adds to evidence indicating it was a US strike that killed scores of childrenMiddle East crisis – live updatesA video has shown a US Tomahawk missile hitting the Iranian naval base next to a primary school in Minab w…

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Minab school bombing: how the worst mass casualty event of the Iran war unfolded – a visual guide
ByTess McClure and Deepa Parent March 3, 2026

A strike on Shajareh Tayyebeh school during the US-Israeli bombing campaign killed up to 168 people. The Guardian has pieced together the incident and its aftermath using verified footage and images from the siteAbove the pastel murals of trees, paintb…

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