The Israeli occupation has deprived more than 625,000 students in the Gaza Strip of education, Al Jazeera reports.

At least 4,551 students have been killed mostly in the Gaza Strip and in the occupied West Bank, and 8,193 others wounded, the Palestinian ministry of education said according to Al Jazeera.

The Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip has affected 90 per cent of government schools and educational buildings. According to the UN agency of Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), all of its schools in the Gaza Strip have closed, depriving 300,000 children of education.