Christians Flee Gaza To Celebrate Christmas And New Year, The First Time Since Covid-19 Was Introduced: Spokesman

Christians flee Gaza to celebrate Christmas and New Year, the first time since Covid-19 was introduced: Spokesman

Gaza, December 29, : , Hundreds of Palestinian Christians have fled Gaza’s besieged Gaza Strip to observe Christmas and New Year for the West Bank for the first two years following the outbreak of Covid-19, according to a spokesperson for the Christian community.
Kamel Ayyad (Spokesman for the Christian Community in Gaza) told Xinhua that 722 Christians came from Gaza to apply to Israel for permissions to travel to Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Jordan.468 received permits, which they returned to Israel earlier this week.

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He said that the rest of applicants (many of them children, elderly and women) were prohibited from leaving Gaza due to unspecified security concerns.

According to Xinhua, Gaza Strip, which is home to over 2 million Palestinians has been subjected to an Israeli blockade ever since Hamas seized the coastal enclave’s control in 2007.

The number of Christians in Gaza was 5,000 before 2007.

According to Ayyad, there are now only 800.

Most Christians in Gaza are Greek Orthodox.

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