Education Minister of the Gaza Strip

Not to be confused with Palestinian Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
Palestinian Ministry of Education (Gaza Strip)
Agency overview
JurisdictionGaza Strip
HeadquartersGaza city
Agency executive
  • Osama al-Muzayni, Minister
Parent agencyHamas Authority

The Education Minister of the Gaza Strip is an office, created in June 2007, following the Fatah-Hamas conflict in Gaza and split between Palestinian cabinets in Gaza Strip and West Bank. The first Education Minister of the Hamas Authority in the Gaza Strip was named Osama al-Muzayni, part of the Hamas government of June 2007.

The office of the education ministry in Gaza was destroyed in an Israeli air strike, part of offensive Operation Cast Lead.[1]

In 2012, during Hamas government reshuffle, Osama al-Muzayni kept his position. Al-Muzayni was reported killed during 2023 Israel–Hamas war. [2]

  1. ^ Gaza violence goes into sixth day BBC News. 2009-01-01.
  2. ^ IDF says it killed former senior Hamas official who was in charge of Gilad Shalit prisoner file, Times of Israel . 2023-10-27.