Mideast in Pictures: Blind Palestinians play goalball game -Xinhua

Mideast in Pictures: Blind Palestinians play goalball game

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Editor: huaxia

2021-12-29 01:20:10

Palestinians with visual impairment play a goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium, in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

GAZA, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- A group of Palestinians with visual impairments enjoy playing the goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium.

Goalball is a three-a-side game which was developed for the visually impaired, the players play with a ball containing an internal bell. Goalball, originally devised in 1946 as a means of assisting the rehabilitation of visually impaired World War II veterans, became a Paralympic Games sport at the 1976 Summer Paralympics held in Toronto, Canada.

Palestinians with visual impairment play a goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinians with visual impairment play a goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Palestinians with visual impairment play a goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

A Palestinian with visual impairment plays during a goalball game at Saad Sayel gymnasium in Gaza City, on Dec. 28, 2021. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)


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