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Christians celebrated a grim Easter in Gaza and Jerusalem Sunday, with the tiny Catholic community in the devastated Palestinian territory holding their vigil service as Israeli attacks continued. Around 100 people gathered by candlelight on Saturday night at theHoly Family Church in Gaza City in the famine-threatened north to mark the resurrection, when Christians believe Christ rose from the dead. The church is a short drive from Al-Shifa hospital which has been under a sustained Israeli assault for two weeks, with over 400 people killed according to Gaza’s government media office. Easter ni…