Palestinian church committee urges aid for flood-hit Gaza

A Palestinian presidential committee on Saturday urged churches worldwide to provide aid to the Gaza Strip and help protect its places of worship as heavy rain battered displaced families already struggling without safe shelter, Anadolu reports. In an urgent appeal, the Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine called for food, drinking water, medicines, tents and winter supplies, with a priority for children, infants, the elderly and the sick. About 950,000 displaced people are living in flood-prone areas, including more than 400,000 at high risk, said the committee. It said rainwater seeped into Gaza City’s historic Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church, underscoring the need to protect places of worship and repair damage to religious and historic sites. The destruction […]