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Hamas concludes first-ever military training camp for girls

Hamas’ women's movement is now organizing female-only training camps to strengthen young women's affiliation with Hamas' values and goals.
Palestinian girls exercise during a summer camp organized by Hamas movement in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip August 10, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RTX1NQOD

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — On Aug. 1, Hamas’ women’s wing opened the all-female “First al-Quds Army camp” to prepare academically exceptional girls aged 12-18 for the liberation battle of Palestine.

This camp, which ended Aug. 10, is the first of its kind in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas has never organized a female training camp before. Around 1,000 girls attend the camp, which offered a special curriculum to resist the occupation taught by women affiliated with the Hamas movement. These women enjoy extensive military experience and know how to intellectually mobilize people against the occupation.

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