A disheartening message today from a cousin in Gaza:
“I say it frankly, we can no longer live. Help and save the people of Gaza. There is no food - no flour - no clean water - no medicine for treatment - no hospitals

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As I have mentioned, my cousins in Gaza are Orthodox Christians. They are not belligerents, yet they and about two million Palestinians have endured a year and a half of relentless bombardment, physical and psychological trauma, and extreme food and water shortages.
They are weak, tired, sick, injured, hungry, and thirsty. Many are elderly or young children. They have no control over the situation.
Everyone knows multiple persons who have been killed. In my own family, several of my cousins were killed in October 2023 when an Israeli strike destroyed part of the church complex in which they were sheltering. Many were just beginning their lives.
Please pray for all the innocents in this catastrophe—whether Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or otherwise—Israeli or Palestinian.
Please pray that all parties involved, including the United States, choose peace and humanity instead of more destruction and death.
Mike