The Priest Who Stayed in Gaza: A Witness to Hope in the Ruins, by Fr Gabriel Romanelli (250pp, Sophia Institute Press, £16.50)
When the Israeli Defence Forces rolled into Gaza in the aftermath of the terrorist atrocity by Hamas of October 7, 2023, the parish priest of the only Catholic parish in the enclave, Fr Gabriel Romanelli, was visiting Jerusalem. Given the scale and ferocity of the invasion, the safe thing to do would have been for him to stay there. Instead, he immediately returned to Holy Family parish; and so began the extraordinary story – both inspiring and harrowing – told in this book.
