Bodies of the victims prepared for burial
Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza mourns mother, daughter killed in ‘Israeli’ strike
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- The pair were killed as they slept.
The Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza mourned Saturday Maysa Dawoud and her daughter Mary, who were killed in an ‘Israeli’ strike while they were sleeping the night before.
The deaths come amid a wider pattern of attacks affecting Gaza's small Christian community and places of worship during the war.
In July 2025, an ‘Israeli’ strike hit the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, killing three people and injuring several others, including a parish priest.
The church was sheltering civilians at the time. ‘Israel’ said the site was hit accidentally by shell fragments during military activity and said the incident was under investigation.
The latest deaths of Dawoud and her daughter add to the losses suffered by Gaza's Christian community as ‘Israeli’ military operations continue across the enclave.
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