For the past three years, cash-strapped UNRWA has cancelled its previously annual seaside summer camps for lack of funding. "We really need to play, to have fun, and summer camps provide us with a good atmosphere," she told AFP before slipping away to join her friends. GAZA CITY (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - The UN is offering tens of thousands of children in the Gaza strip, traumatised by three wars with Israel since 2008, a summer break at play camps throughout the territory. The violence, which included widespread Israeli air strikes and shelling, "still affects many children in Gaza", Schack said at a ceremony launching the camps. Some 2,000 young Palestinian refugees will run the activities at 120 sites, he said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 16:30 UTC