For the second time in a week, a group of Israeli settler fanatics attempted to raid the Roman Catholic Church and Monastery of Mar Elias in the city of Haifa, according to eyewitness. They said that around 50 Israeli settlers who arrived in the vicinity of the church by minibuses tried to break into the church, but they were confronted by youths. This was the second time within a week that Israeli settlers attempted to raid the church. In March this year, two Israeli settlers broke into the Church of Gethsemane in occupied Jerusalem and tried to sabotage the content inside the church, but were confronted and foiled by a Palestinian man who was present at the church. In December 2020, an Israeli settler also attempted at burning down the Gethsemane Church in the Mount of Olives area in occupied East Jerusalem. In 2015, Israeli Jewish extremists were blamed for an arson attack that caused extensive damage to the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish, a popular pilgrimage site on the Sea of Galilee in the north of Israeli-occupied historical Palestine.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA