Amputee Palestinians hold marathon in Gaza, calling for equal rights

STORY: Amputee Palestinians hold marathon in Gaza, calling for equal rights DATELINE: Dec. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:42 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of marathon 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KAMAL ABU SHAWISH, Director of the RSTA 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAMIR AHMED, Gaza-based marathon participant STORYLINE: Some 30 amputee Palestinians on Thursday participated in a marathon in the Gaza Strip to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Dec. 3 annually. With crutches, the participants, aged from 16 to 45, ran in the streets at the refugee camp of al-Nusairat in the central Gaza Strip ruled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). The event was organized by the Rehabilitation and Social Training Association (RSTA), a non-government organization, with the aim of focusing attention on the "right of marginalized people of the society," said Kamal Abu Shawish, director of the RSTA. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): KAMAL ABU SHAWISH, Director of the RSTA "The m