Gazan children enter the sea en masse

Video. WATCH: Gaza holds its annual swimming festival

Nearly a thousand Palestinian boys and girls have taken part in a swimming festival organised by the Gaza Swimming Academy. The event organisers sought to enter the Guinness Book of Records, but due to the circumstances and continuing Israeli blockde of the Gaza Strip, they were unable to do so.

Nearly a thousand Palestinian boys and girls have taken part in a swimming festival organised by the Gaza Swimming Academy. The event organisers sought to enter the Guinness Book of Records, but due to the circumstances and continuing Israeli blockde of the Gaza Strip, they were unable to do so.

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