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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Joseph Tulloch

Palestinian Christians despair as Gaza homeland destroyed by Israel’s war

A child holds candles during a Palm Sunday service at the start of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City on April 28, 2024, amid the continuing Israeli bombardment [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP

When Khalil Sayegh thinks back to his childhood in the Gaza Strip, the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius looms large in his memory.

Sayegh, now 29, remembers the weddings, the Sunday School classes, the music lessons and the visits to the tiny graveyard.

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