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Catholic leaders sheltering civilians in Gaza City have pledged to remain in place despite Israel’s evacuation orders as it expands its ground assault against Hamas.

The Emergency Committee at Holy Family Church, Gaza’s only Catholic parish, said it would continue caring for the elderly, disabled and displaced civilians sheltering at the compound, Catholic News Agency reported.

Though located in Zeitoun, a large Gaza City neighborhood now under evacuation orders, the parish itself has not been directly ordered to evacuate.

The committee called its decision both moral and pastoral, stating that its members had a duty to remain “at the forefront of service” to those in need, especially those unable to travel. In its public statement, it added that the choice to leave or

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