Damages after the first bomb at Saint Porphyrios in Gaza City in October 2023
We have just received news that there has been another bomb attack at Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City. We are working to confirm this as quickly as possible.
Reports from inside the church state that two bombs or rockets just hit the first floor of the monastery injuring at least four people.
We will update as this situation develops and more information is known.
MOST CURRENT INFORMATION
As of 1:33AM local time (18:33EDT):
- – Three artillery rockets landed within the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church compound, on the first floor of the monastery. Only two exploded.
- – Three people are injured: one Christian and two Muslim civilians.
- – One injury is a broken leg.
- – One of the injured is Vailet Saygh Souri, who lost several family members in the initial blast in October. She has a large piece of shrapnel lodged in her hand.
- – The blasts appear to be artillery shells (155mm caliber) from an IDF M109 Self-propelled howitzer.
This photo was sent to us by a source within Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church. The source reports that it is a rocket that miraculously did not explode
At 12:15am local time (17:25 EDT), Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church confirmed via Facebook:
نشكر ربنا وبشفاعة القديس بورفيريوس الجميع بخير
لدينا 3 اصابات متوسطة والحمد لله على كل حال
نشكركم جميعا على سؤالكم
صلواتكمTranslation:
We thank the Lord and the intercessions of Saint Porphyrios [that] everyone is fine. We have three moderate injuries and [we] thank God for everything. We thank you for all your questions [and] your prayers.
This Instagram post was sent by a current resident of Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church.
Caption translation:
Artillery shelling at the Church of Saint Porphyrios in the Old City of Gaza, which is a Christian shelter in Gaza City.
These photos were sent to us from the people at Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza.
