List of Attacks

Below is a list of attacks carried out in the Gaza Strip against civilian Christian and other religious populations and sites. This is not a comprehensive list, but a list of major, verifiable attacks on these communities.

October 17, 2023

  • Location: Anglican Al-Ahli Hospital

  • Event: Hospital destroyed by Israeli missile fire

  • Casualties: Hundreds of civilians killed

October 24, 2023

  • Location: St. Porphyrius Church (one of the oldest Christian churches in the world)

  • Event: Destroyed in an Israeli airstrike

  • Casualties: 18+ corpses recovered, several injured.

October 27, 2023

  • Location: Khalil Al-Rahman Mosque

  • Event: Destroyed in an Israeli airstrike

  • Casualties: 12+ killed, several injuries

December 16, 2023

  • Location: Compound of Holy Family Parish

  • Event: Targeted by Israeli forces; sniper fire

  • Casualties: Two women killed, several men wounded while assisting

  • Location: Convent of the Missionaries of Charity (Mother Teresa’s order)

  • Event: Struck three times by Israeli artillery shells

  • Outcome: Convent rendered uninhabitable

December 26, 2023

  • Location: Gaza’s only Baptist church

  • Event: Destroyed by Israeli tank shells

July 7, 2024

  • Location: Holy Family Catholic School

  • Event: Bombed

  • Casualties: Four civilians killed

  • Location: Byzantine Church in Jabalia (northern Gaza)

  • Event: Destroyed by the IDF

  • Location: Green Shrine in Deir Al-Balah (first Christian monastery built in Palestine)

  • Event: Partially damaged