US EditionPalm Sunday strike on Gaza hospital draws Christian condemnation
- On Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025, Israeli forces struck al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.
- The hospital, managed by the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, faced attacks amid a severe blockade.
- The strike damaged the surgery building and oxygen station, also impacting St. Philip's Church.
- The Diocese of Jerusalem quoted the bombing as appalling; Dr. Al-Haddad said, "We are in complete shock."
- Christian groups condemned the attack, emphasizing the violation of religious sanctity and international law.
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Closed Jerusalem: Silent Exclusion in Holy Week
DIRECTOR:The access to Jerusalem by Palm Sunday of 2025 was severely restricted for Palestinian Christians in the West Bank. According to Father Ibrahim Faltas, vicar of the Custody of the Holy Land, the Israeli Civil Administration granted only 6,000 permits, thus denying the vast majority access to occupied East Jerusalem and the Old City, and thus the possibility of participating in the celebrations of Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday in the Chu…
On Palm Sunday, Israel bombs the only Christian hospital in Gaza
Claiming it held a "command and control center used by Hamas," Israel chose Palm Sunday to bomb the only Christian hospital in war-shattered Gaza. It was also the last fully-functioning hospital in Gaza City. No casualties from the bombing per se were reported by Gaza's civil emergency service. However, a child who'd been hospitalized for a head wound died from "the rushed evacuation process," said the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, which runs …
Church leaders condemn Israeli military Palm Sunday strikes on Anglican hospital in Gaza
Beds sit amid the debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Al-Ahli hospital, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital, in Gaza City on April 13, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, A... [...]
Church leaders condemn Israeli military strikes on Anglican hospital in Gaza
Beds sit amid the debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on the Al-Ahli hospital, also known as the Baptist or Ahli Arab hospital, in Gaza City on April 13, 2025. / Credit: OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Apr 15, 2025 / 17:37 pm (CNA). Church leaders in Israel are expressing outrage after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out a wave of airstrikes on Palm Sunday, with two of its missiles targeting Al-Ahli Ho…
It's Easter in Gaza, where Christians are praying for a miracle
(RNS) — On Palm Sunday morning (April 13), an emergency room doctor at Gaza’s last functioning hospital, the Anglican-run Al-Ahli Hospital, received a startling message: Evacuate within 20 minutes or die. This threat could stand for the story of Palestinian Christians. For decades they have warned of their eventual extinction, but this Easter it feels imminent — not just at the hands of Israeli bombs, but another formidable foe: Christian Zionis…
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