In Gaza, UN classrooms become dormitories as Palestinians flee violence

GAZA: UN-run schools in Gaza look very little like places of learning these days in the midst of violence in its second week.

Laundry is hung on makeshift washing lines, mothers scrub infants at bathroom sinks and classrooms have become dormitories with desks stacked up and blankets spread on the floor. For Palestinians crammed into this narrow strip of land, wedged between Israel, the Mediterranean and a small stretch of Egypt, there are few places to seek shelter from bombardment.