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The World Must Not Abandon Gaza’s Last Christians, by Gia Chacón – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

The World Must Not Abandon Gaza’s Last Christians, by Gia Chacón

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By Gia Chacón, National Catholic Register, July 24, 2025

Gia Chacón is the founder of For the Martyrs, the leading voice for persecuted Christians worldwide. She has worked extensively on the ground across the Middle East, advocating for religious freedom, human dignity, and providing direct support to communities suffering for their faith. Her leadership continues to mobilize awareness and action in response to the global crisis of Christian persecution.

‘Christ is not absent from Gaza. He is crucified in the wounded, buried under rubble, and present wherever hope persists…’

Gia ChacónFor two millennia, Christians in Gaza have borne witness to their faith with unyielding endurance and quiet courage. Today, fewer than one thousand remain, their survival hanging by a thread. After Hamas launched its brutal October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel — massacring civilians and taking hostages— the Israeli military responded with a massive campaign in Gaza. The war that followed has claimed tens of thousands of lives. Often ignored, Gaza’s Christians are an embattled minority caught in the crossfire of geopolitical conflict. Christians everywhere share a responsibility toward them.

The crisis they face did not begin with this war. For years, Christians in Gaza have lived under persecution from Hamas, a U.S.- and EU-designated terrorist organization. Christians have been harassed, beaten, and, in several documented cases, martyred for refusing to abandon their faith. Churches and Christian schools have been vandalized or seized, Christian-run charities forced to close, and believers subjected to threats, extortion, and constant surveillance. Women have faced gender discrimination, and Christian families systematically intimidated into leaving Gaza. Quietly and steadily, Gaza’s Christian presence has been pushed to the edge of extinction. …

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