An image showing an Israeli soldier using a jackhammer to smash a statue of Jesus on a cross in southern Lebanon has gone viral, triggering widespread condemnation and backlash. 😡😡😡
Members of the Christian community say the statue is in the village of
Debel, a Maronite Christian town about six kilometres northwest of Ain
Ebel and roughly five kilometres from the Israeli border community of
Shtula.
The image sparked immediate outrage online, including
among some former allies of US President Donald Trump. Under Israeli
rule,
Christians in Israel and the occupied West Bank have faced a
growing wave of attacks, from daily harassment to the destruction of
religious sites. Clergy have reported being spat on and physically
assaulted, while churches, cemeteries and other Christian symbols have
been vandalised. These attacks, often linked to ultra-Orthodox Jews,
religious nationalists and settlers, with Israeli police accused of
failing to intervene.
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