28/06/2010 Masked gunmen set fire to a UN-run summer camp in the Gaza Strip overnight in the second such attack in just over a month, the UN refugee agency said on Monday.
The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees condemned the attack. "This is another example of the growing levels of extremism in Gaza and further evidence, if that were needed, of the urgency to change the circumstances on the ground," UNRWA Gaza director John Ging said.
UN spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna said the attackers tied up the guards at the camp in central Gaza before setting fire to chairs, tables, easels and other equipment.
UNRWA vowed to repair the camp and said it would continue to maintain its 1,200 summer camps, in which over 250,000 Gaza children participate in sports, swimming, arts and theatre during the summer break.
The Hamas interior ministry condemned the attack and blamed it on "groups led by those with misguided ideas who want to distort the situation in Gaza."
It said it had opened an investigation and offered to provide extra security at the camps.
Hamas had also condemned the previous attack on May 23, in which dozens of masked gunmen had tied up a night watchman, burned down tents and left a threatening letter addressed to Ging.
The Rat Commented:
[Where is Hamas' "security?" Or, was it actually done with a nod from Hamas?]
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