Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, which has so far killed more than 23,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and displaced some 1.9 million people, is endangering the very existence of Gaza’s small Christian community. On 16 December, Israeli forces directly targeted the compound of the Church of the Holy Family, the only Catholic church in Gaza, where Palestinian Christians and others were desperately seeking safety. Nahida Anton and her daughter Samar were shot dead by an Israeli sniper within church grounds after they walked outside. Israel’s army claimed there was a rocket launcher in…