{"id":16658,"date":"2025-08-29T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/?p=16658"},"modified":"2026-02-13T15:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T20:10:49","slug":"jerusalems-patriarchates-enough-devastation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/jerusalems-patriarchates-enough-devastation\/","title":{"rendered":"Jerusalem\u2019s Patriarchates: \u2018Enough Devastation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a joint statement, the Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchates of Jerusalem call for the international community to end the war in Gaza. Reacting to preparations for an Israeli offensive into Gaza, they said clergy and nuns would remain in Gaza City\u2019s two church compounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Greek Orthodox and Latin patriarchates of Jerusalem have appealed to the international community to end the war in Gaza immediately, saying it was time to prioritize \u201cthe common good of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There has been enough devastation, in the territories and in people\u2019s lives,\u201d reads&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info\/announcements\/joint-statement-by-the-greek-orthodox-patriarchate-of-jerusalem-and-the-latin-patriarchate-of-jerusalem\/\">the joint statement<\/a>, issued 26 August. \u201cIt is now time for the healing of the long-suffering families on all sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With equal urgency, we appeal to the international community to act for an end of this senseless and destructive war, and for the return of the missing people and the Israeli hostages.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement protested Israel\u2019s plans to take control of Gaza City, noting that \u201cin recent days, the media have repeatedly reported a massive military mobilization and preparations for an imminent offensive.\u201d On 20 August, Israel\u2019s military disclosed plans to call up 60,000 reservists ahead of a new offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe do not know exactly what will happen on the ground, not only for our community, but for the entire population,\u201d the patriarchates reported. \u201cWe can only repeat what we have already said: There can be no future based on captivity, displacement of Palestinians or revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-1024x691.jpg\" alt=\"Displaced Palestinian children sit near their belongings. A girl holds her infant sibling.\" class=\"wp-image-16660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361-1600x1080.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/20250826T1045-GAZA-LPJ-CARITAS-STATEMENT-18031361.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Displaced Palestinian children sit near their belongings during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, 26 August. (photo OSV News\/Ebrahim Hajjaj, Reuters)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The two patriarchates reiterated that \u201cevacuation orders were already in place for several neighborhoods in Gaza City\u201d \u2014 which they noted is home to their shared Christian community \u2014 with media reports indicating the population would be moved to southern Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The compounds of both the Greek Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrios and the Latin Catholic Parish of the Holy Family \u201chave been a refuge for hundreds of civilians,\u201d including \u201celderly people, women and children.\u201d Holy Family also has been home to people with disabilities, under the care of the Missionary Sisters of Charity, reported the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of those sheltering at the two compounds \u201care&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/we-are-real-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">weakened and malnourished<\/a>&nbsp;due to the hardships of the last months,\u201d and attempting to flee to southern Gaza \u201cwould be nothing less than a death sentence,\u201d the statement stated. \u201cFor this reason, the clergy and nuns have decided to remain and continue to care for all those who will be in the compounds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both church compounds have been struck by Israeli forces \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/orthodox-parish-ingaza-hit-many-feared-dead\/\">St. Porphyrius in October 2023<\/a>, and Holy Family&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/world\/news\/2023-12\/in-gaza-israelis-attack-holy-family-parish-two-women-killed.html\">in December 2023<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cnewa.org\/ca\/three-dead-gaza-pastor-injured-after-israeli-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in July of this year<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referencing a threat against Hamas invoked by both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Israel Katz, the patriarchates\u2019 statement read, \u201cIt seems that the Israeli government\u2019s announcement that \u2018the gates of hell will open\u2019 is indeed taking on tragic forms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The patriarchates&#8217; statement followed a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caritas.org\/2025\/08\/caritas-internationalis-statement-on-the-man-made-famine-and-assault-on-gaza-city\/\">25 August condemnation issued by Caritas Internationalis<\/a>, the official humanitarian network of the global Catholic Church, which said Gazans are being deliberately starved and \u201cleft to perish in full view of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization decried \u201cthe man-made famine and assault on Gaza City,\u201d noting that 273 people, including 112 children, have already died of starvation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not war. It is the systematic destruction of civilian life,\u201d Caritas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe siege of Gaza has become a machinery of annihilation, sustained by impunity and the silence, or complicity, of powerful nations. Famine here is not a natural disaster, but the outcome of a deliberate strategy: blocking aid, bombing food convoys, destroying infrastructure, and denying basic needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, these attacks delivered a clear message that no one is safe in Gaza,\u201d Joseph Hazboun, regional director for the Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Pontifical Mission\u2019s Jerusalem office, told OSV News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with attacks on the churches and other civilian sites, Hazboun also highlighted the targeting of \u201calmost all hospitals in Gaza,\u201d leaving \u201cmany completely destroyed or made dysfunctional.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also pointed to strikes on schools and the killing of journalists \u2014 the total of which has been well over 200, and with a 25 August strike that killed five, may now be as high as 278.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese war crimes must end, the famine must end, the targeting of innocent people in an attempt to drive them to migrate must end,\u201d Hazboun said on 26 August. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine how the future generations will judge this horrendous war. 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