[AlAhram] Scare quotes mine. They got so much mileage out of pretending the hospital was hit by Israel that they are now trying to pretend that Israel just attacked the church next door. What say you, dear Reader – was it Islamic Jihad whut dunnit, or Hamas?
A Palestinian girl was killed and others were injured on Thursday after an Israeli air strike hit the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church in Gaza City, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
Odd — former Congressman Justin Amash claims two of his female relatives were killed when the church was hit. The church has been a shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced by Israel's brazen war on Gaza.
The strike left a "large number of martyrs and injured" at the compound of the Greek Orthodox church, the Palestinian interior ministry said.
500! A brazilian! Lots!
The attack also caused severe damage to the church building, a WAFA correspondent reported.
Local sources told WAFA that the shelling also caused the collapse of another Church building housing several Palestinian families seeking shelter.
More casualties are feared trapped under the rubble, as rescue and medical teams were seen working tirelessly to reach them, the correspondent reported.
The Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church is just meters from the Baptist Hospital, where the Israeli army committed a massacre last Tuesday, killing at least 600 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more.
Al Ahram is liveblogging events related to the current Gaza — with their own peculiar slant — here. |