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For the past two years, Christians here in Gaza hunkered down behind the walls of this church, the only one left standing in Gaza.
They lived here, prayed here, and survived the Israeli military's bombardments of Gaza City.
More than 20 Christians were killed in the Israeli attacks at this church and another that was destroyed.
Today, though, this community of just 500 or so Christians in Gaza is singing again.
And with the fragile ceasefire in place now, the Palestinian children at the Holy Family Church in Gaza marked Christmas this year with new clothes, as the community gathered to both celebrate the birth of Jesus and mourn the many Palestinians killed in the war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
For the past two years, Christians here in Gaza hunkered down behind the walls of this church, the only one left standing in Gaza.
They lived here, prayed here, and survived the Israeli military's bombardments of Gaza City.
More than 20 Christians were killed in the Israeli attacks at this church and another that was destroyed.
Today, though, this community of just 500 or so Christians in Gaza is singing again.
And with the fragile ceasefire in place now, the Palestinian children at the Holy Family Church in Gaza marked Christmas this year with new clothes, as the community gathered to both celebrate the birth of Jesus and mourn the many Palestinians killed in the war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
The funeral of five Hamas fighters and senior commander Raed Saed was held in a makeshift prayer space, beside a rubble of one of Gaza's many destroyed mosques.
Israel's Sayyid Sa'ed was the deputy commander of Hamas's military wing.
Crowds shouted resistant chants as the bodies wrapped in green flags were carried through the narrow alleys of a Shatik camp area of Gaza.
Sa'ed's killing marks the highest-level assassination since a ceasefire deal was struck in October.
In that period, Israeli forces have killed over 380 Palestinians.
Hamas condemned the target attack as a violation of a truce and demanded the mediators, including the United States, should prevent further violations.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
The funeral of five Hamas fighters and senior commander Raed Saad was held in a makeshift prayer space beside a rubble of one of Gaza's many destroyed mosques.