Every year, summer camps are held for the Palestinian children in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. The camps are sponsored by the Higher Council for Youth and Sports, which is subordinate to the PLO and headed by Jibril Rajoub, who is also secretary-general of Fatah's Central Committee.
In the occupied West Bank, the authority of the aging Palestinian leadership is being challenged by the rise of younger, unaffiliated militant groups. And their approach to dealing with the Israeli occupation is violent and unpredictable.
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The number of Lions’ Den gunmen currently stands at 40 to 50, the sources claimed, adding that some of the new members were from surrounding refugee camps and villages.