On Monday, July 29, 2024, news emerged of another bomb attack at Saint Porphyrios Orthodox Church in Gaza City.
Reports from inside the church indicate that two bombs or rockets struck the first floor of the monastery, injuring at least four people.
As of 1:33 AM local time (18:33 EDT), the most current information includes the following details:
- Three artillery rockets landed within the St. Porphyrios Orthodox Church compound, specifically on the first floor of the monastery. Only two of these rockets exploded.
- Three individuals sustained injuries: one Christian and two Muslim civilians.
- One person suffered a broken leg.
- Vailet Saygh Souri, who lost several family members in an initial blast in October, has a large piece of shrapnel lodged in her hand.
- The blasts appear to be from 155mm caliber artillery shells fired by an IDF M109 self-propelled howitzer.
Source: orderofsaintgeorge.org
