Middle East: peace and medical care

17 April 2025

Following a bombing on Palm Sunday, please pray for staff and patients at Al Ahli hospital in Gaza (originally founded by CMS) – for safety and healing. Dr Suhaila Tarazi, director of Al Ahli Arab Hospital, recently shared reflections with the World Council of Churches and invites Christians around the world to pray: “Pray for peace in Gaza and in the whole world, and also pray for those who lost their loved ones on both sides,” she said. “And pray that God gives us the courage to continue carrying this mission in Gaza.”

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