Karachi: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai has contributed $50,000 for the reopening of a school in occupied Gaza in eastern Khan Younis area of Gaza Strip.

According to Dawn News, a senior United Nations official for relief work reopened the school on Sunday.

The school has over 1,100 students who returned to classrooms in mid-March, according to a statement issued by the UN relief agency.

The school building was one of the 83 school s that were affected by Israeli attacks. Damage and destruction to the school occurred in July last year.