Israel just killed another mother and daughter from our Christian community in Gaza. Maysa and Mary Abu Dawoud had been sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church, but returned to their apartment when it was struck, killing them both, along with three others.

My great aunt, Elham Farah, a Palestinian Christian and Gaza’s first modern-day music teacher, was shot by Israeli soldiers and run over by a tank. Here I recount what happened, based on accounts from those who witnessed her final moments. May the perpetrators face justice.

I have family members who are Protestant. There’s a tiny Baptist church in Gaza where I attended service once. Israeli forces struck the church the day after Christmas 2023.

Walid Khalidi’s scholarship documented the Palestinian villages destroyed in 1948 and preserved an irreplaceable record of the Nakba. I once held his book “All That Remains” while lecturing on the timeline. It remains one of the most important records of our historical trauma.

As a Palestinian Christian, watching @tuckercarlson press Mike Huckabee was shocking. It wasn’t what was said, but what wasn’t said that made it so powerful. Like a man-child who never grew out of Sunday school, Huckabee struggled to force reality to fit his extremist worldview.

On the @TuckerCarlson show, our family friend Fares Abraham recounts the story of my great aunt, Elham Farah, a Palestinian Christian from Gaza. A gentle but important correction: she was still alive when the Israeli tank ran her over. Her story is not separate from the story of Gaza’s Christians. It is part of the lived reality of a small, historic community that has endured the same horrific violence, displacement, and loss as the rest of Gaza. I founded the Elham Fund in her name to provide direct cash support to Gazan families living under siege and displacement. If her story moves you, please donate to support families on the ground: elhamfund.ca

Abdallah Abdelmenaem was only 15. A member of our community. A gifted soccer player, a kind soul, the eldest sibling, and a pillar for his family during the genocide. After 20 months of confinement, he stepped out for a moment of peace on Gaza’s beach. Israeli snipers shot him as he live streamed on social media. He bled for hours at Shifa hospital—paralyzed, whispering dreams of walking again, of playing soccer. His mother ran on foot across Gaza to reach him. Doctors fought to save him with what little they had left. But Gaza is now an extermination camp—cut off from care, food, medicine, and the chance to live. Abdallah died Saturday morning. He could have survived—if the world had let Gaza breathe. Remember his name. Share his story.

🚨 BREAKING: Israeli forces struck the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza this morning. Multiple injuries reported, including the Parish Priest, Fr. Gabriel Romanelli. The church sustained heavy damage. One of Gaza’s last sanctuaries lies damaged again. Nowhere is safe.

Gaza’s iconic music teacher, my aunt Elham Farah. Run over alive by an Israeli tank on November 13, 2023.