During the operation, “the Patriarchate’s representative was forcibly removed, his equipment was confiscated, trees were uprooted, and the property was enclosed with fencing and gates”.
Two of Gaza City’s churches are in areas where Israel has ordered Palestinians to leave before a planned attack.
“Priests and nuns have courageously refused to leave the churches, choosing to remain in Gaza despite the imminent dangers,”.
“Let us pray that all our hearts may be converted, so that we may walk in the paths of justice and life, for Gaza and for the whole Holy Land. ”
Church property in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City may end up in the hands of a radical settler group that could bar Christian access to their holy sites.