Shot by a sniper?
Israel’s army is said to have killed two women in a church
December 17, 2023, 3:41 p.m
Numerous Christian families are seeking refuge from the war in the only Catholic church in Gaza City. According to the community, an accident occurs: an Israeli sniper is said to have killed two women. Bullets also hit a monastery.
An Israeli army sniper shot dead two women in the Gaza Strip, according to a Catholic church. A woman and her daughter, who had sought shelter in the church, were killed in “cold blood,” it said Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem with.
The sniper shot them on the grounds of the parish, “where there are no war participants” and most Christian families sought refuge from the fighting, it was said. The woman was killed while trying to bring the other to safety. Israel’s army did not issue any warning beforehand. Seven other people were injured by the fire.
In addition to the attack, several Israeli tank shells also hit a monastery on the church grounds where more than 50 people with disabilities lived. The building is no longer habitable due to the damage caused by an explosion and fire. People have been displaced, including some who need ventilators to survive.
Moran: Family ‘a few days before death’
When asked, the Israeli army has not yet commented on the allegations, which cannot be independently verified. A British MP told the BBC news channel that her relatives were seeking shelter in the church along with hundreds of other civilians. Her family has no access to food or water and is “a few days from death,” said Layla Moran. After contacting her family, she described the situation as “terrible” on social media. Two church employees were shot and their bodies lay outside the church, Moran wrote at X.
Before the war began, around 2.2 million people lived in the Gaza Strip. The population is almost exclusively Muslim. According to church figures, less than one percent of the population is Christian.
The war was triggered by the worst massacre in Israel’s history, which terrorists from Hamas and other extremist groups carried out in Israel on October 7th. More than 1,200 people were killed and around 240 hostages were kidnapped in the coastal strip. Israel responded with massive air strikes and a ground offensive.