Gaza (MNN) — Today, we begin a special two-part look at the Israel-Hamas war from a Christian perspective.
Uncharted Ministries partners with believers on both sides of the conflict. Co-founder Tom Doyle says Palestinian Christians are suffering in Gaza. “They’re just not getting the food; maybe little bits, but hardly anything,” Doyle says.
“Even though Israel is sending the trucks in, Hamas is taking them over, and sadly, they’re (Hamas) getting all the food. People aren’t getting much.”
The U.N. says famine is “imminent” in Gaza, where over one million people face “catastrophic hunger.” Multiple countries send food into the Strip through alternative methods, including airdrops and sea routes.
“Gaza is very tightly confined. Pray that they (Palestinian Christians) survive; that they get food [and] water,” Doyle says.
“Uncharted has been privileged to send in both through some of the ministries we work with, and thankfully, it did get in.”
Believers see a silver lining to the war raging around them. “The terrorist groups that have caused so many problems for their own people [are leading] Muslims to look elsewhere,” Doyle notes.
“There is a new openness to the Gospel [among] Muslims that are tired of the wars, they’re tired of the revenge, the killings.”
You can support Palestinian and Jewish believers during the war through Uncharted.
Above all else, pray. Pray for peace and an end to the war. Pray believers will have opportunities to share the hope of Christ with Muslims searching for truth.
“We have not seen Palestinian believers in Gaza with hatred toward Israel. I think the Gospel rises above that,” Doyle says.
Header photo depicts an Israeli pastor and a Palestinian missionary praying over the Gaza Strip from Israel. They love each other as brothers in Christ and they love both people groups. (Photo, caption courtesy of Uncharted Ministries)