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Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital has been in operation since 1882 and was founded by the Church Mission Society of the Church of England. From 1954 to 1982, it was managed by missionaries affiliated with the SBC Foreign Mission Board.
Article: There should be no compromise that allows Israel to continue its occupation and apartheid policies - Most of the families murdered are those who came to the area in front of the hospital thinking it was safer there since for 140 years it was a model of Christian-Muslim coexistence in Gaza. The images of body parts scattered even a hundred meter away from the site of the Israeli attack are so horrific and beyond description.
The recent missle blast at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza is reminding Southern Baptists of their historic work in the Middle East and the ongoing needs of the people as war continues to rage.
It was widely reported today that an air strike has bombed a Christian hospital in Gaza killing more than 500 people, many of them women and children. This horrible incident shows an important truth about the population in Gaza that is seldom reported in the U.S. media, that Muslims are not the only residents in Gaza, but that there is a strong Christian presence there as well. Chuck Baldwin is one of many pastors from the U.S. who has visited Israel and Palestine to hold services for Christians, and in his latest newsletter he wrote: "I’ve been to Israel and Palestine. I preached in two churches there: One was in Bethlehem, and the other was in Jerusalem. Over 95% of the Christians in attendance at these services were Palestinians; they were not Israelis. And I’ve got to tell you that the Palestinian people I met were among the kindest, sweetest, most humble, most gentle and most Christ-like people I have ever met anywhere!" The Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City that wa