December 2023: Inside Gaza’s last standing Catholic church, an Israeli sniper’s bullet cut through the courtyard—killing a mother and daughter who had sought sanctuary from bombs. Nahida and Samar Anton, shot while walking to the convent bathroom, joined the 20,000+ Palestinian dead, but their deaths stung differently. This wasn’t collateral damage; it was sacrilege with a scope. The UK’s Cardinal Vincent Nichols called it "a senseless slaughter in God’s house," while Israel’s military offered its usual "we’re investigating"—a phrase Gazans know means "we’ll never answer."For Gaza’s 1,000 remaining Christians, the message was clear: No sanctuary, no mercy, no exceptions. Even in a church, even as they prayed, death had a standing invitation.
(Source: The Guardian - Gaza Church Killings)
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