Gaza truce gives displaced children rare chance to sing and play

Displaced Gazan children clapped, sang and jumped up and down clasping a giant multi-coloured parachute, rare moments of fun as the truce between Israel and Hamas gave an opportunity for a youth group to entertain them in a school courtyard. The war has turned Gaza's schools into overcrowded camps for displaced people, where children have been enduring the fear of bombardment, displacement from their homes and shortages of food, water and electricity. "We were very scared from the war," said Lina Mohareb, a young girl in a pink sweatshirt with a Palestinian flag painted on her cheek.