American International School in Gaza | |
Native Name: | المدرسة الأميركية الدولية في غزة |
Established: | 1999 |
Type: | Private |
City: | Beit Lahia, Gaza |
Country: | Palestine |
Gender: | Co-educational |
American International School in Gaza (ar|المدرسة الأميركية الدولية في غزة) is a school located in Gaza, Palestine.
The school opened in 1999. Islamic fundamentalists criticized the schools coeducational classes and had attacked the school including bombing, looting and kidnapping.[1] In 2009 the school held summer camp and planned to hold fall classes even though the campus had been bombed by Israel Defense Forces during Gaza War (2008–09).[2] According to IDF the school was used by militants to launch rocket attacks but the school officials and local residents denied this.