Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank Mark Easter Sadness amid Israeli attacks Israeli conflict news

The Palestinian Christians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem were distinguished by the gloomy daytime, under the punishment and the Israeli war on Gaza.

In the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army was not allowed under any food or assistance for nearly 50 days, people noticed Easter on Sunday in the Greek Orthodox Church in Saint Porvirius in Gaza City amid death and destruction.

Easter celebrations were limited to religious rituals, as families canceled other gatherings for fear that more bombs will be brought down by Israeli warplanes that killed dozens of people in the besieged pocket on Sunday.

In October 2023, Israeli forces bombed the Israeli forces in October 2023, just days after the war began following the Hamas -led Hamas attacks on Israel. Israel said it was targeting “terrorists.”

This attack was killed at least 18 displaced Palestinians who resorted to the church. More than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the beginning of the war.

During a brief appearance before thousands of Catholic pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square due to the Easter Bloc in the Vatican Outdoor, Pope Francis renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

He also called for the Palestinian Armed Group Hamas and other groups to release the remaining prisoners in Gaza.

Heavy restrictions in the occupied West Bank

The Israeli authorities have prevented many Christians, including the Palestinians, from reaching the holy sites of Easter in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli police clashed with Christian worshipers and even a priest while trying to reach the Church of the Holy Try in occupied East Jerusalem.

Fathi Nimr, a Palestinian colleague in Daban, the Shinaka, said that the old city of Jerusalem was effective by the Israeli authorities to a military site.

“Some people may say that there are now more soldiers, security and police officers more than worshipers around the Holy grave,” said Lahrat Al -Jazeera from Ramallah in the West Bank on Sunday.

“There are dozens of checkpoints inside the city, and these restrictions did not affect only Palestinian Christians from the West Bank, but also from Jerusalem itself and inside the lands of 1948.”

Nimer said that people were beaten, and the Israeli and spectators were insulted and headed towards Christians.

Only 6000 Palestinians from the West Bank received permits to attend Easter services this year, and even the Vatican representative in Palestine was refused to enter the church.

Nimer said that the Israeli tightening of the holy places in the past few years led to a decrease in the number of Palestinian origin.

He said: “This is all part of the broader war on Palestinian culture and identity. Israel mainly says that they have an exclusive demand for Jerusalem and all Palestine.”

“I have no permit to go

Methr -Rahib, a Palestinian sponsor, a theological science, founder and president of Dar Al -Kaleima University in Bethlehem, agreed that the current Israeli restrictions are among the most difficult.

He said to the Qusayr: “I, as a priest, have no permit to go for the holy week, which is the most important week for Christians throughout the year because Jesus was solid and rose in Jerusalem.”

“The Palestinian Christian community, which was 2000 years ago, could go there to celebrate and distinguish this as everything happened.”

A monk said that the incitement of Palestinian Christians, especially the clergy members, was ascending with dozens of incidents of Israeli settlers attacks this year.

“One of the first things I read in the church about Jesus is that it was like a sheep led to slaughter. But when you hear this day as Palestinian Christians, you think that all our people lead to slaughter, taking into account what is happening in Gaza.”

The Israeli settlers and politicians, supported by the armed police and soldiers, are increasingly storming the Al -Aqsa Mosque complex to perform the Talmudic rituals and challenge the current situation.

Non -Muslims are not allowed to worship in the Certificate of Islam sites, which is located in East Jerusalem, as part of the current situation agreement that the Israeli government claims to be committed to.

Pope Tadros II, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on Gaza.

He told government television during the Easter celebrations: “The Palestinians are subject to the most shocking forms of injustice in their daily lives amid the destruction of their homeland.”