Beach club torched in Gaza because.....

Men and women were mingling...yes, they were mingling...

Masked gunmen on Sunday set fire to a Gaza beach club that had earlier been ordered closed by the territory's Hamas rulers, an owner said.

Alaa al-Araj, one of the owners of the "Crazy Water" club and a former Hamas minister, said about 40 gunmen had tied up and blindfolded a nightwatchman before setting fire to an administrative building and restaurant overnight.

"The fire engulfed different parts of the club, including an administrative building, and then spread to the main restaurant and cafeteria, which is three storeys high," he said.

He said the club had been ordered to close for three days last month by the Hamas-run government because it had hosted parties in which men and women mingled.