Editing UNRWA (section)

====Operation of summer camps====
Hamas has denounced UNRWA and Ging, accusing them of using their summer camps to corrupt the morals of Palestinian youth. Hamas also advised UNRWA to reexamine its curriculum to ensure its suitability for Palestinian society, due to the mixing of genders at the camps. In September 2011 it was reported that, under pressure from Hamas, UNRWA has made all its summer camps single-sex.<ref name="The Economist" /> Hamas has its own network of summer camps and the two organizations are regarded to be vying for influence with Gazan youth.<ref>{{cite news |title=News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (May 18–25, 2010) |date=26 May 2010 |publisher=Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center}}</ref> [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad|Islamic Jihad]] has also run summer camps since 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/gaza-summer-camps-children-islamic-jihad.html |title=Gaza Summer Camps Children Islamic Jihad |date=21 June 2013 |access-date=2014-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819091737/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/06/gaza-summer-camps-children-islamic-jihad.html |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> UNRWA did not operate its summer camps for summer 2012 and summer 2014 due to a lack of available funding. Hamas has filled this void and now is the direct provider of summer activities for about 100,000 children and youths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/06/palestine-hamas-summer-camps-ideology.html|title=Palestine Hamas Summer Camps Ideology|date=19 June 2014|access-date=2014-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819131702/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/06/palestine-hamas-summer-camps-ideology.html|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2013, UNRWA canceled its planned marathon in Gaza after Hamas rulers prohibited women from participating in the race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-cancels-gaza-marathon-over-hamas-ban-on-women/|title=UN cancels Gaza marathon over Hamas ban on women|first=Diaa|last=Hadid|website=www.timesofisrael.com|access-date=18 March 2013|archive-date=10 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310055227/http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-cancels-gaza-marathon-over-hamas-ban-on-women/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Israeli media outlets aired a video documenting UNRWA-funded summer camps where children are being taught to engage in violence with Israelis. The video airs speakers telling campers "With God's help and our own strength we will wage war. And with education and Jihad we will return to our homes!" A student is also shown on camera describing that "the summer camp teaches us that we have to liberate Palestine."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> UNRWA denies that the video shows UNRWA summer camps and instead shows footage of camps that were not operated by UNRWA, and stated that the film was "grossly misleading" and that "the film-maker concerned has a history of making baseless claims about UNRWA, all of which we have investigated and demonstrated to be patently false." It stated that the 'summer camp' shown in the West Bank was not affiliated with or organized by UNRWA, and that footage from the camp in Gaza "revealed that absolutely nothing anti-Semitic or inflammatory was done or said".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-rejects-allegations-incitement-baseless-statement-unrwa|title=UNRWA Rejects Allegations of Incitement as Baseless: Statement by UNRWA Spokesperson Chris Gunness|website=UNRWA|access-date=8 April 2021|archive-date=8 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408205437/https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/unrwa-rejects-allegations-incitement-baseless-statement-unrwa|url-status=live}}</ref>