Fewer than half of Christians from Gaza who sought Israeli permits to visit holy...
A Christian Palestinian couple leaves Gaza Strip through Israeli Erez crossing heading to Bethlehem to attend Christmas celebrations, in the northern Gaza Strip December 24, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Israel had said on Sunday it would admit Christians from the Gaza Strip, a territory it keeps under blockade, reversing a Dec. 12 announcement that barred them on security grounds - a departure from its usual Christmas policy. Gaza has around 1,000 Christians, most of them from the Greek Orthodox denomination who celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, amid a mainly Muslim population of 2 million Palestinians.
“My son, my daughter and my daughter-in-law didn’t get permits. They are at home angry,” she told Reuters.
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