Israel welcomes the
UN’s acceptance of President Trump’s plan for Gaza, which includes a
multinational stabilization force. The
plan assigns this force to work alongside Israel, Egypt, and newly-trained
Palestinian police to secure the region and disarm Hamas.
Hamas rejects the UN resolution, saying the newly-created force aligns with Israeli objectives. The group told Reuters: “Assigning the international force with tasks and roles inside the Gaza Strip, including disarming the resistance, strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation.”
Underground Christians aren’t waiting for stability to make disciples in Gaza. Although he cannot discuss details here for security reasons, “Disciple makers go in, and they are making disciples there,” name withheld with Global Catalytic Ministries says. “We’re not just sending in relief workers who are going to leave in a few weeks,” he adds. “We’re looking for a movement of God, and we really want to make sure that Jesus is proclaimed on this strip of land – on His strip of land.”
Gaza’s underground Church is hanging on, despite two years of war taking a heavy toll on the above-ground Church. Of Gaza’s 1,000 known believers, fewer than 600 remain.
“Above-ground churches are allowed in these places, but very limited; there’s a big Catholic presence. Our network is all either Israeli-background believers or Muslim-background believers who operate underground,” name withheld says. “They wouldn’t traditionally be going to above-ground churches and revealing their identities in that way, because that could blow their cover. We always try to operate within and share Jesus with Muslims.”
Pray for open and receptive hearts as disciple makers offer the hope of Christ to Muslims in Gaza.
“It’s just very dark, and there’s so much trauma and so much pain. This is traditionally where people cry out to the Lord the most from the depths of their souls,” name withheld says. “And then God does answer – in that place of desperation is when He moves the most.”
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