Israel's war has raised the possibility that one of Christianity's oldest communities could disappear from its ancestral homeland. Before 2023, 1,000 Christians lived in Gaza. Today, only about 500-600 remain. See the history & current situation

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“No Palestinians in the West Bank are exempt from this threat, including Christian communities and institutions,” said Bishop Dr Imad Haddad of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land

Of the approximately 1,000 Christians living in Gaza at the start of the war, 62 have already been killed.

Dr. Ramzi Khouri said that Netanyahu’s claims in his address to the UN General Assembly regarding the protection of Christians stand in stark contradiction to the reality faced by Palestinian Christians.