Turkish aid official does the 'rubble bucket challenge'

A Turkish aid official in the blockaded Gaza Strip has done the wildly popular “bucket challenge” but instead of pouring cold water over himself, he used dust in solidarity with Palestinian children.

"This is an alternate to the 'ice bucket challenge' because the children of Gaza get buried under the rubble of their bombed-out homes," said Mehmet Kaya, representative of Turkey's Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) in Gaza.

"You should take a bucket of dust and pour it over your heads to feel the injustice perpetrated against people of Gaza," he added.

Celebrities around the world, including former US President George Bush, have taken the ice bucket challenge and posted their videos on the internet to help raise money for and awareness about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which is a neurodegenerative disease.