GAZA / NUSEIRAT ATTACK

A group of armed and masked men attack and set fire to a beach facility being used by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to host the Summer Games for children in Gaza. UNRWA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:26
• Production Date: 29 June 2010
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; LEISURE; SPORTS
• Geographic Subject: MIDDLE EAST
• MAMS Id: U100629e

Description

STORY: GAZA / NUSEIRAT ATTACK / v0002
SOURCE: UNRWA
TRT:
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 28 JUNE 2010, NUSEIRAT, GAZA

1. Various shots, destruction at UNRWA summer games facility

Storyline

A group of about 25 armed and masked men attacked and set fire to the facility on the beach in Nuseirat yesterday (28 June). The facility was being used to host the Summer Games, run by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

No one was hurt in the incident, which follows a similar attack on 23 May when a group of 30 armed and masked men attacked and set fire to an UNRWA Summer Games facility that was under construction on the beach in Gaza City.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has referred to the Summer Games, which is in its fourth year, as "a rare opportunity for relief from the deprivations and difficulties of everyday life in Gaza" which has suffered from a three-year-long blockade imposed by Israel for what it called security reasons after Hamas took power there in 2007.

UNRWA reports that the attack will not deter UNRWA from continuing with the annual event, which is the largest recreation programme for Gaza's children and provides, among others, sports, swimming, arts and crafts, and drama.

The Summer Games began on 12 June and will run through 5 August, providing 1,200 summer camps for more than 250,000 refugee children across Gaza.