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School Infrastructure Impact
Breakdown of schools affected by conflict in Lebanon based on UNESCO data.
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Israel's war creating a 'lost generation' of Lebanese students
Beirut, Lebanon – Israel’s war has created a lost generation of Lebanese students, widening societal disparities and, in turn, damaging national unity, experts have told Al Jazeera.Israel has destroyed schools across southern Lebanon and displaced hundreds of thousands of students. Hundreds of educational institutions have turned into makeshift shelters for thousands of displaced people, causing a compounding series of disruptions to an education system that was already struggling as a result of a debilitating economic crisis.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israel approves law on death penalty for October 7 detaineeslist 2 of 3Spain reports new hantavirus case in passenger evacuated from cruise shiplist 3 of 3Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni sworn in for seventh term as presidentend of listSchools in Lebanon have responded by using online learning and other programs to reach students, but education experts in the country said many were still falling through the gaps. And in an effort to catch up on all the lost schooling, the focus has been on subjects such as the sciences and mathematics, with topics such as citizenship ignored.In a country like Lebanon, with its numerous religious sects, that could lead to a dangerous future.“The mission of an education system is to build citizens,” Carlos Naffah, an academic researcher, told Al Jazeera.“We don’t want to face the fact that we lost a generation,” said Naffah.Stop-gap solutionsOn March 2, Israel intensified its war on Lebanon for the second time in under two years. It came on the back of Hezbollah’s first response to months of unanswered Israeli attacks on Lebanon, including more than 10,000 violations of the November 2024 ceasefire between the two sides.Since March, Israeli attacks have displaced more than 1.2 million people in Lebanon, among them 500,000 school-aged children, according to UNESCO. Not only are hundreds of thousands of students displaced, but many of the schools they learned in are no longer accessible.According to UNESCO, 339 schools are located in warzones in Lebanon, while hundreds more are now acting as collective shelters to the displaced, affecting access to education for another 250,000 children. Another 100 schools are in high-risk areas, meaning they could soon become inaccessible to students.With so many students out of school, some learning institutions have turned to online learning. But education experts said this had its drawbacks, particularly for students from lower-i...
Israel-Hezbollah war (2023- ) | Map, Explained, Iran, Ceasefire ...
Top Questions What event triggered the Israel-Hezbollah war? What were the major confrontations in the Israel-Hezbollah war? What was the outcome of the events of the Israel-Hezbollah war in 2024? How did the 2024 ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah break down in 2026? What historical event led to the formation of Hezbollah? News • Israel-Hezbollah war, conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, a Shiʿi Muslim militant group in Lebanon, that began in the aftermath of the October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, an ally of Hezbollah, and consisted of two major confrontations. The first major confrontation, in September–November 2024, included the removal of Hezbollah’s leadership, especially with the killing of its longtime secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah. The second major confrontation, which began in March 2026, followed the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, a patron of Hezbollah since its inception, and the start of the 2026 Iran war by Israel and the United States against Iran. Conflict Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah were already high on the eve of October 7, 2023—in which Hamas and other Palestinian militants killed about 1,200 people and took more than 240 others hostage in the deadliest day for Israel since its independence—and included a series of provocations and cross-border attacks in the months before. Following the Hamas-led attacks and Israel’s subsequent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah stepped up its cross-border attacks on October 8 and pledged to continue firing into Israel until the fighting in the Gaza Strip—eventually dubbed the Israel-Hamas War—came to an end. In the first year of the Israel-Hamas War, when Israel’s attention was focused primarily on the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out targeted strikes in Lebanon that killed a number of Hezbollah commanders. A dramatic escalation took place on July 27, 2024, when 12 children of the Druze community in the northern Golan Heights region, where much of the tension between Israel and Hezbollah had been centered since 2022, were killed in the cross fire. Assessments largely blamed the attack on Hezbollah, which, unusually for the group, denied responsibility. On July 30 the IDF responded with an air strike in Beirut that killed Fuad Shukr, a senior Hezbollah commander who had been involved in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings that killed 241 American and 58 French military personnel. As Israel caught wind in late August of a missile buildu...
Lebanon's 'Pillar' of Catholic Education at Risk of Collapsing
Lebanon's 'Pillar' of Catholic Education at Risk of Collapsing Lebanon's longstanding tradition of Catholic schools stems from the Pontifical Maronite College in Rome whereby many Maronite priests, returning to Lebanon from Rome with a zeal for education, in turn opened schools all over their homeland. By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic education — long one of the pillars of Lebanese ...
Yaroun's Saint-George School and the Hidden Cost of War on Education in ...
In Yaroun, Israel's demolition of the Saint-George school devastates more than a building—community identity and children's futures are hit.
