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Gaza convent, school looted and burned
Catholic News ^ | 6/18/07

Posted on 06/18/2007 8:23:24 PM PDT by abu afak

A school and convent in a Gaza Catholic compound were ransacked before being torched as fears rise among Christians over their future in the Hamas-ruled territory.

The school and convent were ransacked, burned and looted during clashes around a major security headquarters, the head of the community said yesterday, according to a report in the UK Guardian.

Crosses were broken, a statue of Jesus was damaged, and prayer books were burnt at the Rosary Sisters School and nearby convent, said Fr Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza’s Latin church.

The damage took place on Thursday, but wasn’t reported until days later because of the chaos that has prevailed since Islamic Hamas militants wrested power in Gaza, Fr Musallem said. The religious compound is located near a key security headquarters Hamas captured on Thursday on the final day of its Gaza takeover.

Gunmen used the roof of the school during the fighting, and the convent was “desecrated”, Mussalem said.

“Nothing happens by mistake these days,” he said...”

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