US EditionLast Churches in Gaza City Say They Will Not Evacuate Despite Israeli Incursion
- The clergy and nuns from the Greek Orthodox and Latin churches in Gaza City decided to remain and care for those sheltered there amid the ongoing conflict, according to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
- These churches have provided refuge for hundreds of weakened and malnourished civilians during the Israel-Hamas war, as stated by the church leadership.
- An Israeli airstrike last month killed three people and injured at least nine others at the Holy Family Church, where displaced persons were sheltered, the report indicates.
- Pope Leo XIV condemned the targeting of the sacred site, stating that leaving Gaza City would be 'nothing less than a death sentence.
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The eviction from Gaza City is “inevitable.” This is what the spokesman for the Israeli army in Arabic, Avichay Adraee, said on Wednesday in a statement urging the displacement of the million civilians that the United Nations estimates to be in the capital of the Gaza Strip to the south. The military note represents the last of many similar warnings issued by Israel, which now underscores its message to the civilian population with colossal bomb…
'Leaving is a death sentence': Gaza City churches vow to offer shelter despite IDF assault
The churches have sheltered hundreds of civilians since the start of the war, including elderly people, women, and children, according to their Jerusalem leadership. Last month, three people were killed in an IDF strike on a Catholic church in Gaza City
The flight from Gaza would be "like a death sentence," said the leaders of the Christian churches in Gaza. The two churches in the city serve hundreds of civilians as a refuge since the beginning of the war.
"The priests and nuns have decided to remain and continue to care for" those who have found refuge in the Catholic and Orthodox churches in Gaza. This was announced today by the Patriarchs of Jerusalem: the Latin Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and the Orthodox Cardinal Theophilos III.
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Smoke rises after Israeli forces carried out airstrikes in Gaza City, Gaza, on August 22, 2025. Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The last remaining churches in Gaza will not evacuate amid Israel’s ramped-up military action and threats to destroy Gaza City, saying the clergy and nuns have decided they will “remain and continue to care for all those who will be in the compounds,” the churches said in a joint statement to the…
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