By Sanad Sahelia

Despite evacuation orders and escalating military operations across Gaza, the Emergency Committee at Holy Family Church — Gaza’s only Catholic parish — recently announced that its members will stay put to care for displaced residents who have taken shelter there.

Israeli forces recently issued general orders to residents to evacuate the Zeitoun neighborhood, one of the largest neighborhoods in Gaza City, which covers approximately 9 square kilometers (about 3.5 square miles) and was, until the war, home to over 100,000 people. Holy Family Church is located within this neighborhood, though it did not receive any specific order to evacuate its compound.

The Emergency Committee opened its statement with a biblical verse: “And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmov

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