Shot in cold blood
^ Holy Family Catholic church in Gaza
By Vatican News
Two women killed in Israeli attack on Holy Family parish in Gaza
The Israeli military on Saturday entered the compound of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in Gaza, shooting at anyone leaving the church. The victims are an elderly woman and her daughter who rushed out of the building to rescue her mother. Israel has justified the attack, claiming the presence of a missile launcher in the parish.
^^ Samar, the Christian woman killed at the Holy Family Parish while attempting to aid her mother, Nahida, who had just been shot by an Israeli sniper
Israelis have opened fire on Gaza’s Christians. Following heavy bombardment overnight of the area around Holy Family Latin parish in Gaza City, dozens are reported dead, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, and reports continue to arrive that shooting by Israeli snipers continues during these hours.
A statement released by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem confirmed that an Israeli sniper murdered two Christian women inside the Holy Family Parish where the majority of Christian families have taken refuge since the start of the war.
Shot in cold blood
The victims are Nahida and her daughter Samar who were shot and killed as they walked to the Sister’s Convent. „One was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety,” the statement said.
Seven more people were reportedly also shot and wounded as they tried to protect those inside the church compound. The Patriarchate’s statement noted, „No warning was given, no notification was provided. They were shot in cold blood inside the premises of the Parish, where there are no belligerents.”
^^^ Samar’s mother, Nahida, killed by an Israeli sniper in the compound of the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza
Attack on Missionaries of Charity Convent
The statement also revealed that a rocket fired from an Israeli Defense Forces tank during the morning targeted and struck the Convent of the Sisters of Mother Theresa, destroying the building’s generator – its only source of electricity – while a massive fire damaged the house.
„The Convent is home to over 54 disabled persons and is part of the church compound, which was signalled as a place of worship since the beginning of the war,” it said.
The building was subsequently targeted by two more rockets rendering the home inhabitable: „The 54 disabled persons are currently displaced and without access to the respirators that some of them need to survive.”
Heavy bombing in the area
Three other people were also wounded inside the church compound during the night attacks, while solar panels and water tanks, which are indispensable for the survival of the community, were destroyed.
The ongoing attack was reportedly justified by Israelis who claimed the presence of a rocket launcher in the parish. Despite the Patriarchate’s intervention, the operation has not been halted. Israeli soldiers reportedly fired towards the parish compound and the civilians sheltering in the building.
Senseless tragedy
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem concluded expressing closeness and condolences to the families „affected by this senseless tragedy.”
It says it is in prayer with the whole Christian community, and at the same time expresses a lack of comprehension for „how such an attack could be carried out, even more so as the whole Church prepares for Christmas.”
Sources: VATICAN NEWS /OTHERS / Prepared by ADMIN
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I would like to read it in Polish. Where to look for it? People around the world write about Chanukkah and what Braun did in the Sejm. Priests and politicians. Who will write an article in polish about this cold-blooded murder?
JP2 generation
Bethlehem will have a sad and lonely Christmas
The garlands disappeared, the lamps were dismantled. On these pre-Christmas days, the square in front of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem looks deserted and empty. By the decision of Mayor Hanna Hanania, there is no Christmas tree, nativity scene, Christmas music, or colorful decorations on which the nativity scene and the Holy Family mixed with reindeer and sleigh in an intercultural way. Because of the war, Bethlehem is in mourning, like other Palestinian cities, and this time it cannot celebrate, the city’s mayor decided.
Source: Polska newspaper „Niedziela” (in Polish)
The son of an emigrant from Poland
This world is terrible for defenseless people. When will be punished for killing defenseless women?
Magdalena
Barbarism of the 21st century everywhere.
Where is the world heading?
Steve Kukla
The fifth commandment „Thou shalt not kill”!
Source:
The Ten Commandments, in the Jewish tradition the Ten Statements – a set of basic moral commandments originally applicable to the followers of Judaism, and then adopted in a modified form by Christians.
Polish Catholic
Raphael Schutz, Israel’s ambassador to the Vatican, blurs responsibility for the deaths of two Christian women shot dead by the Israeli Defense Forces in a parish in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, he described the statement by the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem calling the act „cold-blooded murder” as „infuriating.”
HEARTLESS PEOPLE
Tom/ Tomasz