Gaza church bombed.Gaza (ENS)--St. Philip's Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization , which is located within the Ahli Arab Hospital compound in Gaza, was hit on Jan. 24 by an Israeli missile. "We are going to raise hell," Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal of the Anglican Church in Jerusalem told Reuters. "Apparently the Israelis can't distinguish between a church and a foundry," he said. Bishop El-Assal said he intended to claim compensation from the Israeli government and would take the government to court if it refused. Israeli Brigadier-General Tzvika Fogel said that helicopters had fired five missiles at a suspected Palestinian weapons factory, but two of the missiles malfunctioned. Residents said the foundry destroyed in the attack was about 900 metres from the church. Built at the turn of the 20th century, St. Philip's Episcopal Church was reconsecrated in 1996 in the presence of then-Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey and 34 other primates of the Anglican Communion Anglican Communion, the body of churches in all parts of the world that are in communion with the Church of England (see England, Church of). The communion is composed of regional churches, provinces, and separate dioceses bound together by mutual loyalty as , along with Palestinian president Yasser Arafat. The explosion shattered shat·ter v. shat·tered, shat·ter·ing, shat·ters v.tr. 1. To cause to break or burst suddenly into pieces, as with a violent blow. 2. a. the church's century-old stained glass windows Stained Glass Windows was an early broadcast television program, broadcast on early Sunday evenings on the ABC network. The program was a religious broadcast, hosted by the Reverend Everett Parker. The program ran from September 26, 1948 until October 16, 1949. and crystal from the chandeliers littered the floor. The missile entered through the roof and left a metre-wide hole in the floor. The building was structurally reinforced during its remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling , but now the walls show numerous deep cracks. At. the hospital, the pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. clinics were damaged. Throughout the building, glass littered the floors, windows were broken and doors separated from their frames. |
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