Going to school under Israeli occupation

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports from al-Mughayyir, a village northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where students must pass Israeli soldiers on the way to school. The piece focuses on how daily life for Palestinian children is shaped by the occupation and by recurring violence around the village and nearby areas.

The report centers on the killing of a 14-year-old student, Aws, on 21 April while he was on school grounds. According to the account, his teacher carried him away after he was shot, and the teacher’s brother was also killed when he came to help. The article says Aws was not the first child the village had buried that year and was not the last, underscoring the continuing toll on families and schools.

Beyond this specific case, Al Jazeera places the incident in the wider context of the occupied West Bank, where access to education can involve encounters with soldiers and the risk of settler and military violence. The report frames schooling as part of a broader reality for Palestinian children living under occupation, especially in communities near Ramallah and other flashpoint areas.

The story was published on 14 September 2026 and is presented as a news report by Al Jazeera correspondent Leila Warah.