United Nations wants Hamas to teach Gaza's children about Holocaust

The United Nations is to include the Holocaust in a new curriculum for schools attended by children in Gaza despite protests by the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers.

A UN agency is producing a human rights curriculum which is to be proposed for inclusion in the studies of secondary school pupils. It is to be discussed with the local community within weeks.

At least one senior UN official in Gaza has said he is confident the Holocaust will become part of the curriculum adopted by local schools.

There is intense opposition from Hamas hardliners however.