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Palestinian girls compete in a rare Gaza boxing contest

By Nidal Al-Mughrabi
Palestinian girls take part in a rare boxing championship in Gaza City November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

GAZA (Reuters) - Trading jabs and punches, young Palestinian girls competed in a female boxing tournament on Friday in the Gaza Strip, where the sport is mostly popular with men.

Friday's contest featured female boxers as young as seven years old, and was attended by dozens of spectators.

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