Mideast in Pictures: Hamas trains Palestinian teenagers for fighting

Source: Xinhua| 2021-06-28 01:18:27|Editor: huaxia

Palestinian teenage boys hold toy guns during a military training course at a summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

GAZA, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which rules the Palestinian coastal enclave of Gaza Strip, recruits teenage boys to a military summer camp to train them for fighting.

The boys receive trainings in using guns, climbing over burning barriers, crawling under bars, and overcoming other physical challenges.

Palestinian teenage boys receive training on fighting at a military summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinian teenage boys receive training on fighting at a military summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

A Palestinian boy climbs over the burning barrier at a military summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinian teenage boys crawl under bars at a military summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinian teenage boys receive training on assembling a gun at a military summer camp run by Hamas at the Al-Yarmouk military site, east of Gaza City, on June 26, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)


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