Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai: ‘Israel decimated the entire education system’ in Gaza

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai tells a summit on girls’ education in Muslim nations that “Israel has decimated the entire education system” in Gaza.

Yousafzai makes the comment at a conference in Pakistan.

The war in Gaza was sparked by the October 7, 2023, assault in which Hamas-led terrorists stormed the border with Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.

Israel has long stressed that the Hamas terror group uses civilians as human shields, fighting from civilian areas including schools, homes, hospitals and mosques.

Yousafzai additionally urges Muslim leaders not to “legitimize” the Afghan Taliban government and to “show true leadership” by opposing its curbs on women and girls’ education.

“Do not legitimize them,” she says. “As Muslim leaders, now is the time to raise your voices, use your power. You can show true leadership.”