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UN condemns demolition of school in Palestine

United Nations, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations (UN) on Thursday strongly condemned demolition of a school in the West Bank just days before the start of the school year.

Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General (UNSG) António Guterres, assured in a press conference the organization does not approve of this practice against educational centers.

The multilateral agency and partners are currently assessing the pressing needs of 60 pastoralist communities facing similar challenges, the spokesman added.

The school served students from the few remaining Palestinian families in the Ein Samiya herder community, following the displacement of most of them amid Israeli violence and shrinking grazing lands.

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on the other hand, reported that three schools have been demolished in the West Bank in the past 12 months, affecting 78 students.

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