Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Gasia Ohanes
00:20 Alaa Dokhan | Father of school-age children
00:56 Mohammad al-Sarraj | Student

Script:

00:01
In the Nusseirat camp in central Gaza -

Families are eager to see their children back in class. 

This UNRWA school has just reopened its doors,

but parents say space is limited and spots are filling up quickly:

00:18
+++Soundbite: (Arabic) Alaa` Dokhan, father+++ (partly overlaid with shots): 
We heard that UNRWA reopened registration for students to resume their education.
+++FLASH+++
When I went to the UNRWA school to register my children... I found it packed with displaced people. Because of limited spaces, we couldn't register all our kids. 

00:35
For those lucky enough to secure a spot, even a bare-bones classroom without desks or chairs offers hope.

Reading, writing and counting again is a crucial step towards normalcy:

00:56
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammad Alsarraj, student 
It's been two years without education, without learning. They destroyed schools and caused devastation. Today was my first day back at school. 

01:05
Parents are hoping UNRWA can expand the number of classrooms to accommodate more students.

At the moment, UNICEF says only about one in six school-age children have returned to some form of learning - and even then, it falls far short of full schooling. 

01:26 
The agency has described the state of education in Gaza as 'catastrophic.'

Many schools were repurposed as shelters for displaced families, making it even harder to reopen classrooms.

Despite these challenges, every child returning to school - even in temporary or crowded conditions - represents a small but important step toward peace.