"118 workers were killed in Gaza last year", 12 March 2025

The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Culture stated that 118 cultural workers were killed in the Gaza Strip during 2024.

A statement issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics and the Ministry of Culture on the occasion of Palestinian Culture Day, which falls on March 13th of each year, explained that the cultural sector in the Gaza Strip has been subjected to a process of annihilation and destruction carried out and is still being carried out by the Israeli occupation, which targeted landmarks of the Palestinian presence, including literary and artistic figures, cultural and heritage sites, centers, libraries, and museums. It also destroyed cultural sites registered internationally on the World Heritage List, including: the Balakhiya site and the Tell Umm Amer site, which is famous for its mosaic floor.

...He pointed out that the number of cultural centers operating in the West Bank decreased from 510 in 2023 to 492 in 2024.