A top UN official said on Monday that the Palestinian people have been let down “countless times”. Sigrid Kaag, UN chief co-ordinator for humanitarian affairs and reconstruction in Gaza, said almost one million children are not being schooled in the enclave. “Schools are being used as shelters for families,” Ms Kaag said during a session of the World Economic Forum in Riyadh.

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