Palestinian boys take part in a military-style summer camp being held by the Islamic Jihad movement during the youngsters' summer school vacation in Rafah town, in the southern Gaza Strip, on June 12, 2013. Thousands of youngsters between the age of six and 16, can participate in the summer camp where they receive military as well as religious training. Boys only.
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(ANSAmed) - GAZA - As schools close for the summer in Gaza, children from age six to 16 are taking part in recreation camps organised by both Hamas and the Islamic Jihad movements in a paramilitary style.
At the camps, the children receive arms made of wood and take part in exercises which simulate combat. In several cases they are called upon to crawl under barbed wire and demonstrate their courage avoiding fire.
In one recent case they simulated an attack on a small Israeli fort.
Several groups organised by Hamas marched on the streets of Gaza yesterday carrying the green flags of the movement.
Local sources say the camps organised by the Islamic Jihad operate on a more technical level, while those of Hams offer more hospitality and generous lunches.
Islamic Jihad has organised one of the camps in the south of the Gaza Strip. Every morning they will travel by bus collecting children from Rafah, Khan Yunes and Nusseirat.
After four hours of activities the children return home. (ANSAmed).
Looks like loads of fun.