GENEVA, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 1.4 million people in Gaza have been forced to flee their homes, with nearly half of them now taking shelter in United Nations (UN) schools, a senior World Food Programme (WFP) official said at a press briefing here on Friday.
"Nowhere in Gaza is safe. Shelters have been impacted by airstrikes and violence," said Samer Abdeljaber, country director for Palestine of the WFP.
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