A pan of the roof was sprayed. Thursday, July 17, at 10:20 am, the shooting of an Israeli army tank hit the church of the Sainte-Famille, a refuge of 500 Christians from the Gaza Strip and dozens of Muslim refugees in the Zeitoun district of the city of Gaza, north of the enclave. According to the Latin patriarchy of Jerusalem, three people were killed in this attack. Saad Salameh, the 60-year-old parish maintenance agent, and Foumia Ayyad, 84, were injured in the church courtyard and died shortly after, at Al-Maamadani Hospital. Najwa Abu Daoud, 73, also died in the attack.
Nine other people were injured, including Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest. “Slightly injured in the leg, he was quickly treated, Specifies Farid Jubran, a representative of the Latin patriarchy of Jerusalem, joined by phone. He immediately returned to work to support the faithful. »»
Blocked in Jerusalem after the attack on Hamas on October 7, 2023 and the start of the war, the religious had not been able to return to his parish that in May 2024, during a visit to the Italian Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, patriarch of Jerusalem, in Palestinian territory. Known for having exchanged, by phone or in Visio, almost every day with Pope Francis until the death of this one, the 55-year-old Argentine priest has been struggling for more than a year to maintain his small community in the heart of Israeli bombings. Course for the youngest, distribution of drinking water, daily masses, the fifties are on all fronts.
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