A message from the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
Dear Friends,
I want to tell you about an attack that occurred on 18 January, damaging St Luke's Hospital and St Philip's Church & Rectory, in Nablus.
The Israeli military forces staged an incursion into Nablus that night, beginning at 1030pm and lasting until early morning. The military forces destroyed a four-story building near the hospital, which badly affected the hospital compound and it's buildings. St Philip's Church and rectory are located just minutes away and they were also damaged, as well as many other buildings in the immediate area.
The damage to the hospital compound is the following:
Forty five windows broken in the hospital building, the out patient clinics building, the ArabCare building and the Administration building
A bullet entered room nine on the women's ward, breaking the window and damaging the plaster of the walls
Six windows were completely destroyed
Five doors were destroyed completely
There was extensive damage to the electrical fittings
There was extensive damage to the ceiling in all buildings of the hospital compound
There was damage to the motor of the elevator and the central heating burner
There were also many windows broken in St Philip's Church and the rectory compound.
It bears mentioning that this is occurring in a time when the world is turning its attention to peace making between Palestine and Israel.
Please keep the people of the St Luke's and St Philip's community in your thoughts and prayers, as well as all the people of the region.
With my warm regards
Nancy Dinsmore Development Office
Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem Email: devedjer@netvision.net.il