Reprinted from Justin Amash’s Substack.
As some of you know, I have relatives in Gaza. They are my dad’s first cousins. Tragically, several of them were killed in October when an Israeli airstrike destroyed part of the complex at Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church where they had been sheltering.
The past few months have been extremely difficult for our cousins in Gaza and heartbreaking for our family in the United States. There’s no avenue to get them out, and our communication with them has been sporadic since November. Occasionally, I’ll receive a passed-along message about their well-being, which at least lets me know they’re still alive.
A lot of people were surprised to learn there are Christians living in Gaza, but this community has existed since the earliest days of Christianity. Followers of Christ have long called Gaza home.