Thousands of kites filled the sky over Gaza on Thursday as children gathered to break their own Guinness World Record in an event organised by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
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"Surely two world records in a week would be another world record," UNRWA's Gaza director John Ging said.
"Children here must have a sense of normality, despite the abnormality they face in their daily lives. Today?s achievement has lifted the spirits of the entire population here in Gaza," he added.
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UN officials said Guinness did not send an adjudicator because of general government travel warnings on Gaza and that the new record still has to be confirmed by the organisation.
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Amsiyat Awaja's house was destroyed during the war and her brother Ibrahim was killed, but on Thursday the 13-year-old had a smile on her face as she watched her kite swoop and dive high above the crashing waves.
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Rima Zayed, 14, said the event helped her forget the "tough days" of the war, when her family was homeless for several months. "At least today we can enjoy our freedom," she said.
UNRWA provides food aid and runs schools and clinics for Gaza's one million registered refugees, some two-thirds of the population. It also operates summer camps that cater to some 250,000 children across the territory.
The 4.7 million UN-registered refugees scattered across the Palestinian territories and neighbouring countries include those who fled from what is now Israel during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and their descendants.
Source-AFP
