Hellish conditions in the Gaza Strip: Pastor Romanelli warns of sorry!

Hellish conditions in the Gaza Strip: Pastor Romanelli warns of sorry!

Gaza-Stadt, Palästinensische Gebiete - Jerusalem, March 18, 2025 - In the middle of the air raids of Israel on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the situation for people on site has dramatically tightened. The Catholic pastor Gabriel Romanelli, head of the only Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip, described the situation as "hell". "People are very afraid," said Romanelli. According to him, people were woken up by the noise of the bombs on the grounds of the parish in the middle of the night and immediately heard the screams of the people outside. Despite the intensive attacks, which, according to repeated conflicts with Hamas, led to the loss of life, the church remained open, and emergency teams were formed to help, unlike the reports from the Italian Catholic news agency Sir.

The resumed attacks not only affected the civilian population, but also triggered serious concerns about the hostages that are still captured in the Gaza Strip. The forum of the hostage and missing persons fought sharp criticism of the Israeli government by pointing out that military pressure endanger the safety of the remaining hostages. The air strikes were arranged only a short time after the commander of the domestic secret service was released, which some observers interpret as political maneuvers to secure the power of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Former hostages were also horrified. Emily Damari, who was released in January, and Liri Albag, another former hostage, emphasized that the attacks were unacceptable and endangered the lives of further hostages. "It is impossible to continue, while still kidnapped in hell", says Albag on social media, as with nau.ch

The forum of the hostage families is shocked by the flaring battles and demands immediate negotiations to ensure hostages, with current reports of more than 400 dead people speak in the Gaza Strip. The resumption of the war is considered necessary by government representatives to take action against Hamas, while many citizens are demanding an end to the fights. The Israeli government is under pressure to approve the budget by the end of the month, which remains unlikely without the support of extreme right-wing coalition partners such as ITAMAR BEN-GVIR, as the