World, archive

Number of Christians in Gaza down

Number of Christians living in Gaza is dropping each day.

12.01.2013 - Update : 12.01.2013
Number of Christians in Gaza down

GAZA

The number of Christians living in Gaza is dropping each day due to embargo imposed by Israel.
Church sources announced the number of Christians in Gaza as 3,500, and said that ten percent of Palestinian people had been Christians before 1948, and it was now only 3.1 percent.
Kamil Ilyad, an official from Berveros Church in Gaza, told AA that Christian families migrated to western countries due economic conditions which became worse after Israeli occupation in 1967.
51,000 of Christians in Palestine are living in West Bank, and 3,500 in Gaza.

Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.
Related topics
Bu haberi paylaşın