Even bombs and armed conflict can't dampen the innate, beautiful spirit of children.

More than 6,000 kids taking part in a summer program run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency came together this week on a Gaza beach to fly a kite, in an attempt to break their own record for the number of kites flown at the same time in one place, the BBC reports.

John Ging, the Gaza director of UNRWA, says the event touched the hearts of everyone in the war-torn Gaza area, despite the fact that the record has not yet been confirmed by Guinness World Records. Last week, he adds, 7,000 kids gathered to bounce basketballs simultaneously for five minutes, in an attempt to double that previous world record.

"Surely, two world records in a week would be another world record," Ging tells the BBC. "Like children anywhere in the world, children here must have a sense of normalcy."

The Gaza area is a notorious spot in the conflict-ridden Middle East, and the children there face death, destruction and violence nearly every day of their lives. Despite these challenges, kids like 14-year-old Rima Zayed are able to set their troubles aside to play.

"At least today we can enjoy our freedom," Zayed tells the BBC of her adventurous kite-flying on the beach.

The current kite-flying record was set last year, according to the BBC, when 3,710 children gathered for a similar UN-sponsored event. This year, 6,200 kids flew kites. At this time, the records still need to be confirmed -- because of the travel warnings for Gaza, there was no adjudicator from Guinness World Records present for either event.

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