The UN’s call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza comes as dwindling fuel supplies threaten relief efforts in the devastated strip where thousands of people have died as Israel wages war against Hamas following the militant group’s deadly attack on October 7, 2023.
Amid the bloody conflict, a video was shared on Facebook with a claim that it showed Israeli police beating and expelling Orthodox Christians from a church in Jerusalem’s Old City in October 2023. However, this is misleading: while the footage is authentic and shows Israeli police and Orthodox Christian believers in a confrontation, it happened months before the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.
"The Israeli police beat and drove out Orthodox believers and bishops who were going to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, earlier this morning in this manner," reads the Amharic-languageIt indirectly links the video to the Israel-Gaza conflict by adding that"Palestine was home to all religions, where Christians, Muslims and Jews live together in harmony before it was colonised by Israel".
The full video, which is originally 1'24" long, shows security forces forcefully stopping people from passing through a narrow street.), the ancient site located in the Old City of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, where Jesus Christ was buried and resurrected, according to Christian teachings. The church has long been a major pilgrimage centre for Christians.on the Saturday before Easter.
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