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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Mohammed R Mhawesh

‘War knows no religion’: Gaza’s oldest church shelters Muslims, Christians

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas at the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, Gaza on January 6, 2023 [Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images]

Gaza City – When an Israeli air raid destroyed Walaa Sobeh’s house and much of her neighbourhood, the Palestinian Muslim sought shelter in Gaza’s oldest church.

At the Church of Saint Porphyrius, she found not just sanctuary, but a feeling of belonging to “one family” — united by both the terror of bombs exploding around them and a hope that they could survive Israel’s attacks.

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