A day after two nuns of the India-headquartered Missionaries of Charity have been seen in a viral video in the shut proximity of a lethal rocket assault in Gaza Strip, the Mother House in Kolkata reiterated its dedication to proceed to serve in the conflict-hit enclave.
Three nuns of the Missionaries of Charity are in Gaza and can proceed to keep there “as that is the life of the nuns of the order” a spokesperson from the Mother House in Kolkata informed The Hindu on Monday (July 28, 2025).
“The sisters are on the ground in Gaza and are currently serving the old and the children. They have been there from the beginning of the conflict helping the common people who are suffering because of the war. In fact, we have been there for a long time,” the spokesperson mentioned over cellphone, including that the nuns of the order have been current in Gaza Strip for many years all through which a number of Israel-Palestinian conflicts have taken place.
A view reveals the injury on the Holy Family Church which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City July 18, 2025.
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The remarks from the Missionaries of Charity, began by Mother Teresa, got here a day after a video went viral displaying two of the three nuns of the order praying inside a church as bombs fell outdoors shattering the calm of the Sunday congregation.
The Missionaries of Charity has served in a number of battle zones in the world, together with in Gaza the place they started serving to the affected individuals since February 26, 1973. The organisation began dealing with difficulties quickly after the newest Israel-Palestinian battle started on October 7, 2023.
On December 16, 2023, greater than two months after the beginning of the army marketing campaign by Israel in opposition to targets in Gaza, the Missionaries of Charity’s convent situated on the compound of the Holy Family Parish, the one Catholic church close to Gaza City, was bombed. That incident was reported by Father Gabriel Romanelli of the Institute of the Incarnate Word, pastor of the Holy Family Parish.
The video of Sunday’s assault was additionally shared by Father Romanelli with the worldwide media. Father Romanelli was injured in an assault on July 17 on the Holy Family Parish that was reportedly carried out by the Israeli Defence Forces.
The Missionaries of Charity didn’t share the names of their nuns who’re serving in Gaza “as the situation remains fragile” on the bottom and the spokesperson mentioned, “This is the life of the nuns of the Missionaries of Charity. We will continue to serve there despite the violence.”
