At least 33 people from Catholic parishes in Wisconsin were part of various U.S. communities who found themselves in Israel as conflict broke out.
Thirty-three people from two Kenosha Catholic parishes in Wisconsin are currently in the Middle East as a deadly war between Israel and Hamas unfolds, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee says.
None of the parishioners are in Israel itself. The group made it to Jordan, just east of Israel, by Monday morning."I’m asking all Catholics and people of goodwill to join me in praying for an end to the violence in Israel, for the souls of all those who have been killed, and for their families. We are also praying for the safe return of those who are in the area on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, including some from Archdiocese of Milwaukee parishes," Archbishop Jerome E.
Israel's military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting deliveries of food, fuel and supplies to its 2.3 million people as it pounded the Hamas-ruled territory with waves of airstrikes in retaliation for the militants' bloody weekend incursion. Israeli tanks and drones were deployed to guard breaches in the Gaza border fence to prevent new incursions. Thousands of Israelis were evacuated from more than a dozen towns near Gaza, and the military summoned 300,000 reservists — a massive mobilization in a short time, the Associated Press reported.
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