Gaza war blocks exams and shatters Palestinian pupils' dreams

According to the education ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, 85 percent of educational facilities in the territory are out of service because of the war. "I was eagerly awaiting the exams, but the war prevented that and destroyed that joy", said Baraa al-Farra, an 18-year-old student displaced from Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. "At first we were waiting in the hope that the war would end and we would catch up," he said. But "we don't know how long it will last or how many years it will deprive...