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Will canceled camps mean a deadly summer for Gaza's children?

As the Great Return March enters its 18th week, the killing of Majdi al-Satari, 12, by an Israeli sniper at the Gaza-Israel border highlights the lack of summer camps this year to keep children busy elsewhere.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — During a typical summer in Gaza, Palestinian children would be occupied attending camps, but this summer is different.

On July 28, Majdi al-Satari, 12, from the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah, was killed by a bullet to the head fired by an Israeli sniper at a protest on Gaza's border with Israel. The protest, called "Friday of Our Martyrs' Children," was part of the Great Return March, which has entered its 18th week. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a young man, Ghazi Abu Mostafa, was also killed and 264 others injured.

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