Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s class “war crime”
Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike
Part of: Gaza War, Gaza genocide
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: airstrike, war crime (all its classes: Wikidata item)
On 19 October 2023, during the Gaza war, a building in the compound of the Church of Saint Porphyrius, a Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City, was destroyed during an Israeli airstrike, killing 18 Palestinian civilians and injuring between 12 and "at least 20". Some 450 Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip, mainly Christians, had been sheltering in the compound. The church building itself was not damaged.
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Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike. (2026, September 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Porphyrius_airstrike&oldid=1373613283
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“Church of Saint Porphyrius airstrike.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 6 Sept. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Church_of_Saint_Porphyrius_airstrike&oldid=1373613283.
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