The Sixth-grader Was Rushed to Al-quds Hospital, Where Surgeons Removed the Bullet

The sixth-grader was rushed to Al-Quds Hospital, where surgeons removed the bullet. Khaled told Anadolu Agency he had just enrolled after three years without schooling, following a friend's tip about a tent school at the Sawafir compound. "They told us to write, then something hit my hand.

I thought it was a stone, but my palm was burning, he recalled. "What was my sin? I only wanted to study.

What was my fault? His father, Shahada al-Ashram, said the family believes the gunfire came from the Zikim area to the northwest. The Palestinian Education Ministry condemned the attack as a grave violation of children's rights.

Khaled said all of Gaza is under bombardment and no place is safe. His father lamented that children lost three years of schooling and now face bullets where they finally found education. An 11-year-old goes to school to learn and gets shot, he said.