IDF kills two women taking shelter at Gaza church, Catholic authorities say

[Uncle Joe]

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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, an ecclesiastical office for the Latin Catholics in the region, in a statement identified the victims — a mother and daughter — by their first names only and said they were “shot in cold blood.”

A sniper from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shot the women at the Holy Family Parish in Gaza, where the majority of Christian families in Gaza have taken refuge during the war, according to the patriarchate’s statement.

“Nahida and her daughter Samar were shot and killed as they walked to the Sister’s Convent,” the patriarchate said, referring to a building in the parish complex. “One was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety. Seven more people were shot and wounded as they tried to protect others inside the church compound. No warning was given, no notification was provided. They were shot in cold blood inside the premises of the Parish, where there are no belligerents.”

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The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said that in addition to the midday sniper attack, a rocket from an IDF tank hit the Convent of the Sisters of Mother Teresa, a mission that is home to more than 54 people with disabilities.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/12/16/women-killed-at-holy-family-parish-gaza-israel/

[RockRaven]

1. What's the excuse/rationalization going to be on this one?

[Big Blue Marble]

5. You already know the answer.....

It is Hamas fault.

[LymphocyteLover]

2. This needs to stop-- there's no excuse for this sort of killing and shelling

a convent with disabled folks. Oy.

[Skittles]

3. it's the Holy Land!

[AloeVera]

4. Straight-up war crime. Who will stop this?

This is deliberate. Out of control killing spree and we only see the tip of the iceberg. We may never know the extent of war criminality especially in the North.

The U.N. is sadly ham-strung and toothless. The West is paralyzed by fear of... something. Saying the wrong thing, maybe. Nobody will come out and say straight up your army is a bunch of murdering war criminals who shoot unarmed people carrying white flags and murder women in a church, there is no excuse for your actions, and you either stop this or we will sanction you, cut-off all your aid, and do whatever it takes to make you stop.

Looking at you, U.S.

[Big Blue Marble]

6. Incredible two women in the sanctuary of a Catholic Church.

There are seemingly no limits to this horror.

[mountain grammy]

7. The whole world is watching

[PlutosHeart]

8. Enough already!

Is the US scared because of Intel they may have gotten from you know who? I cannot help but believe so many evil past and present leaders are together on this.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. The Most Moral Army in the World, everyone.

[SalamanderSleeps]

10. As long as Benjamin Netanyahu is calling the shots the U.S. is going to be in a lose/lose position.

Bibi is laughing up his sleeve.

Sniping the innocent is evil.

This might be a good time to cut bait.

[prodigitalson]

11. Palestinian Christians must be the source of intense cognitive dissonance for US evangelicals

not that it causes them a moment of discomfort