Hamas leader mourns deaths of Palestinian Christian women in Gaza

Hamas political bureau chief Khalil al-Hayya has offered condolences to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Gaza over the deaths of two Palestinian women, Maysaa Khedr Ibrahim Abu Daoud, known as Umm Michel, and her daughter, Mary Hafez Michel al-Najjar, known as Umm Fouad, who were killed after an Israeli attack hit their flat in Gaza City early on Saturday. In a message to Bishop Alexios received by Quds Press on Sunday, al-Hayya expressed solidarity with the families of the two women and with Christians in Gaza and Palestine, saying the loss affected all Palestinians. “Your grief is our grief, and your pain is our pain. All Palestinians are family and partners in the land, homeland and destiny,” he […]