GAZA October 20.2023 (Saba) - The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, announced that the Zionist enemy army committed 37 massacres that claimed the lives of 352 martyrs and 669 wounded during the past 24 hours, including targeting the Greek Orthodox Church, which resulted in the martyrdom of 16 Palestinian Christians.
The Palestinian Information Center quoted Al-Qudra in a press conference today, Friday, as saying: The enemy planes directly targeted the church, and did not care about bombing the holy places where the displaced took refuge.
The Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrios is considered the oldest church in the Gaza Strip that is still open. It is located next to a mosque in the Old City of Old Gaza, and was built over the tomb of Saint Porphyrios.
The church is located close to the National Arab Baptist Hospital, which was subjected to a major Zionist massacre on Tuesday evening, leaving 471 martyrs. The hospital is affiliated with the Evangelical Episcopal Church in occupied Al-Quds.
Al-Qudra pointed out that the Zionist enemy's appetite is open "to commit more ethnic cleansing massacres and target everything that is non-Jewish."
He confirmed that seven hospitals in the Gaza Strip were out of service as a result of the Zionist aggression, calling for international protection to be provided to hospitals and health institutions, and to expedite the introduction of medical supplies into Gaza.
He revealed that the number of martyrs since the beginning of the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 4,137 martyrs, and more than 1,000 are missing, most of whom are children.
E.M
resource : Saba