Zionist Price Tag Fire Destroys a Galilee Church

Local Editor

Fire caused by "Israeli" price tag caused extensive damage to the interior and exterior of the Church of Loaves and Fishes on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Occupied Palestine on Thursday.

Father Matthias Karl, a German monk from the church, said a souvenir shop, an office for pilgrims and a meeting room were badly damaged, and bibles and prayer books were destroyed in the fire.

"It's totally destroyed. The fire was very active," he said.

A monk and a church volunteer were hospitalized from smoke inhalation, but the prayer area of the church was unaffected by the fire, he said.

"Firefighters arrived at the scene at around 3:30 am and it was put out, but extensive damage was caused to the church both inside and out and Hebrew graffiti was found, which has led to suspicions that the fire might have been caused deliberately," "Israeli" spokesperson said.

The door to the monks' living quarters has been set ablaze, and the fire then spread to another area down the hall from there. Perpetrators also attempted to start the fire where the graffiti was found.

Firefighters were able to start the blaze before it reached the main prayer hall, where the ceiling is made of wood.

"We still don't know what happened, we're in shock," said one of the other monks. "I woke up at around 4 am because of the noise and saw the flames. I rushed to the church because I knew two of our friends were inside."

"I still don't understand what happened here," he went on to say.

In recent years, mosques and churches have been targeted by Zionist vandals in similar attacks.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team