Kristen palestinier mördad i Gaza

Tidigt på söndagsmorgonen återfanns kroppen av Rami Khader Ayyad, 31, en kristen palestiner som rövades bort i Gaza tidigare under helgen. Ayyad drev bokhandeln "The Teachers Bookshop" som förstördes av en bomb för ett halvår sedan. Hans kropp återfanns på ett åkerfält nära Zeitun-området i Gaza City. Inrikesminister Ghissin vägrar uppge dödsorsaken, men palestinska reportrar säger att Ayyad knivhuggits svårt. Ayyad begravdes igår i kyrkan al-Roum, Gaza.

JPost skriver följande:

They noted that attacks on members of the 2,500-strong Christian community in the Gaza Strip have increased in recent months, especially since Hamas took full control of the area.

Two weeks ago, an elderly Christian woman living in Gaza City was beaten and robbed by a masked man who accused her of being an "infidel." In Bethlehem, Palestinian Authority police are still investigating last week's stabbing of a 27-year-old Christian man, who was seriously wounded in the attack.
Shortly after the Hamas takeover, a local Christian school and a monastery were looted and set on fire.

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