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Monday, July 29, 2024

Saint Hilarion Monastery now on UNESCO's endangered site list

ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR: UNESCO puts monastery in Gaza, one of Middle East’s oldest, on endangered site list. UN’s World Heritage Center says fourth-century site faces risk of destruction amid ongoing war between Israel and Hamas (AFP/Times of Israel).

For more on the Saint Hilarion Monastery, see here and links. The site was already under UNESCO's provisional enhanced protection.

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