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Why Christian leaders ignore attacks on their community – Analysis

"Since the election of the Hamas government in 2006 & the coup by which Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in June 2007 religious tension has only intensified"

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On December 26, Iran’s Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah attacked St. Mary’s Greek Catholic Church in Iqrit, northern Israel. An anti-tank guided missile fired from Lebanon directly hit the church, severely wounding an 85-year-old civilian. Nine Israeli soldiers who rushed to rescue the churchgoer were then wounded by a second missile strike. Hezbollah boasted about the attack and posted a video of its missiles hitting the church.

The attack did not elicit any response from any major Christian organization in the West. By contrast, the pope was quick to denounce the killing of two Christian women in the Gaza Strip, falsely insinuating, however, that Israel was responsible.

Nahida Khalil Anton and her daughter, Samar Kamal Anton, were reportedly killed in a shooting incident at the compound of the Holy Family Catholic Parish in the Gaza Strip. The pope claimed that the two women “were killed, and others were wounded by the shooters while they were going to the bathroom.” Although he did not name the alleged shooters, the pope, in the article , echoing false claims by Hamas and other terrorist groups, was clearly pointing the finger of blame at Israel:

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“At the Angelus prayer, the Pope said he continues to receive troubling news from Gaza, where unarmed civilians are the targets of bombings and gunfire.”

As of this writing, no Christian leader had anything to say about Hezbollah’s missile attack on a church.

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