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☆ What We Know About the Explosion at the Hospital in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +8 min

Here is what we know so far about the explosion at the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City. The Israeli military said Wednesday morning that the number of casualties was inflated. On Wednesday, Archbishop Naoum said that the Israeli military had called and texted the hospital managers at least three times in recent days, asking its patients and staff to leave the hospital compound. Archbishop Naoum said the warnings were particular to the hospital, and not part of Israel’s wider push to encourage civilians to leave northern Gaza for the territory’s south. Lt. Col. Amnon Shefler, an Israeli military spokesman, said the calls to the hospital were part of a wider campaign to urge civilians to leave northern Gaza ahead of an expected Israeli invasion.

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☆ Operator of Gaza Hospital Declines to Assign Blame for Blast
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, which runs the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, said the hospital’s parking lot, and not the hospital building itself, was directly hit in Tuesday’s explosion. Hosam Naoum, the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem, declined to assign blame for the blast during a news conference Wednesday. The church initially put out a statement on Tuesday saying it had been struck “during Israeli airstrikes.”Naoum declined to discuss a death toll, but said up to 5,000 people at various points in recent days had taken refuge on the grounds of the hospital, which was founded in the 1880s and is funded largely by the European Union and the Episcopal Church. “We know the casualties were many,” said the archbishop, without elaborating. He called on President Biden to push for justice and peace.

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☆ Holy oil for King Charles' coronation consecrated in Jerusalem
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III mixes the oils from the Mount of Olives to make Chrism Oil, which will be used in the coronation of Britain's King Charles on May 6, in Jerusalem, March 3, 2023. Patriarchate of Jerusalem/Buckingham Palace/Handout via REUTERSLONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - The sacred oil which will be used to anoint King Charles at his coronation in May has been consecrated in Jerusalem, reflecting the British monarch's links to the Holy Land, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. His Beatitude Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the city's Anglican Archbishop Hosam Naoum consecrated the Chrism oil in The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the palace said. Traditionally, the oil is poured from an amplulla onto the Coronation Spoon and then the sovereign is anointed on their hands, breast and head. "This demonstrates the deep historic link between the coronation, the Bible and the Holy Land," said Welby, the spiritual head of the Anglican Church.

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