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8/4/2025, 1:42:45 PM No.512196932
https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/gaza-baptist-church-witnesses-amid-starvation-death-in-gaza-strip/
“A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza (CMG) serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to death. But the meals only touch a small fraction of those in need.
Massad continues to hold online prayer services each Sunday with about 30 online connections, including members of Gaza Baptist Church and other Gazans, he told Baptist Press as he prepared to preach and teach at two Southern Baptist churches in Texas July 27-29.
At least 63 people died of starvation in the Gaza Strip this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported July 27 in a press release, including 25 children and 38 adults, with 24 of the children under the age of 5. The bodies of the dead bore “clear signs of severe wasting,” WHO said.
Malnutrition is spiraling out of control in Gaza, WHO reported, with more than 5,000 children under five seeking outpatient treatment for malnutrition in the first two weeks of July alone, about 20 percent suffering Severe Acute Malnutrition, the most life-threatening form. In June, 6,500 children were admitted for treatment, the highest number recorded since October 2023, WHO reported.
Two families are living in what remains of Gaza Baptist, Massad said of the church that had dwindled to 60 members because of persecution before the Israel-Hamas War, and was heavily damaged by Israeli bombs in late 2023.
U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the starvation crisis July 28, pledging U.S. food aid and urging Israel to secure its distribution.
Israeli attacks continue to strike the Christian community, Massad said, with airstrikes hitting the Latin Church in Gaza July 18, killing three Christians and injuring 10 others, including a priest.
“A love offering from the Baptist Church in Gaza” proclaims the sign as Christian Mission to Gaza (CMG) serves hot meals to both Christians and Muslims in the Gaza Strip, where people are starving to death. But the meals only touch a small fraction of those in need.
Massad continues to hold online prayer services each Sunday with about 30 online connections, including members of Gaza Baptist Church and other Gazans, he told Baptist Press as he prepared to preach and teach at two Southern Baptist churches in Texas July 27-29.
At least 63 people died of starvation in the Gaza Strip this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported July 27 in a press release, including 25 children and 38 adults, with 24 of the children under the age of 5. The bodies of the dead bore “clear signs of severe wasting,” WHO said.
Malnutrition is spiraling out of control in Gaza, WHO reported, with more than 5,000 children under five seeking outpatient treatment for malnutrition in the first two weeks of July alone, about 20 percent suffering Severe Acute Malnutrition, the most life-threatening form. In June, 6,500 children were admitted for treatment, the highest number recorded since October 2023, WHO reported.
Two families are living in what remains of Gaza Baptist, Massad said of the church that had dwindled to 60 members because of persecution before the Israel-Hamas War, and was heavily damaged by Israeli bombs in late 2023.
U.S. President Donald Trump recognized the starvation crisis July 28, pledging U.S. food aid and urging Israel to secure its distribution.
Israeli attacks continue to strike the Christian community, Massad said, with airstrikes hitting the Latin Church in Gaza July 18, killing three Christians and injuring 10 others, including a priest.
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