Palestinians join marathon in Gaza after Israel’s two-year war

Описание: “Our children in the Gaza Strip belong in the sports fields, not in mass graves and morgues.”

Palestinians gathered in central Gaza on Friday to take part in the 10th edition of the Palestine International Marathon, which drew around 1,900 participants, organisers said.

The marathon marked its return after Israel’s two-year genocide on the besieged strip and included many amputee runners, some of whom were injured during the war.

Among them was Aed al-Khatib, a war amputee, who said it was his first marathon since sustaining his injury.

I was a soccer player before the injury. After it happened, I thanked God and refused to give up on my dream,” he said.

The event was held alongside a parallel race in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

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