Phillipe Lazzarini

More than 600,000 children in the war-torn Gaza strip could miss a whole school term for another year if the conflict continues, with some teachers setting up tent schools in ever-shrinking areas declared safe by the Israeli army.

Palestinians fled the two refugee camps in the central Gaza Strip on Monday after the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders, with The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees saying that 86 percent of Gaza is currently under such orders.