Christmas Eve for Christians in Gaza: Confinement, no toys, and explosions near the church

Nisrin Antone’s Christmas wish is to celebrate Christmas Eve again with her husband and three daughters, around a table in a real home. Since October 2023, this 45-year-old Palestinian Christian has been confined with her family to a small office in the Holy Family parish church, in the heart of Gaza City. Along with them are some 400 other people, all with very similar stories and longings, as well as three priests, five nuns, and about 50 people with disabilities whom they care for. “My wish involves something much bigger: peace for Gaza. I ask God for it every day. Because only then will we be able to recover our lives,” she explains to this newspaper by phone.

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