“The building that they bombed is beside the church,” said Jahsan, still shaken from what he says was a massive blast. A woman shows a picture of a baby, George Ramez al-Souri, one of the 18 dead following an Israeli air strike on the Orthodox church in Gaza City ‘We thought we would be protected’
The church was sheltering hundreds of people when an Israeli bomb severely damaged one of the four buildings in its compound on Thursday evening, causing its ceiling to collapse and leaving dozens trapped under slabs of concrete, according to witnesses.īy Friday afternoon, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem told Al Jazeera at least 18 people were confirmed to have been killed, including several children.
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