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JBTaurus83

(1,225 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:19 AM 11 hrs ago

Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon

Source: National Catholic Reporter

A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest has been killed in southern Lebanon when an Israeli artillery tank fired on a house March 9, Catholic officials and media said reports that have since been confirmed by OSV News.

Fr. Pierre al-Rahi, also known by his French name Pierre el-Raï, had earlier refused, along with other priests, to obey an order by the Israeli military to evacuate the Christian village of Qlayaa, a Maronite village of some 8,000 inhabitants in the Marjayoun district, a few miles from the Israeli border.



Read more: https://www.ncronline.org/news/lebanese-maronite-catholic-priest-killed-israeli-tank-fire-southern-lebanon



"Very disturbing reports that a parish priest in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli strike," Aid to the Church in Need Ireland said in a statement on X, adding al-Rahi "was ministering to his distressed parishioners in the village" when the attack occurred.

I’m sure he must have been an anti-semitic terrorist….
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Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon (Original Post) JBTaurus83 11 hrs ago OP
Tears. Nightmare. We can not be part of this horror mahina 11 hrs ago #1
Rest in Peace, Father Pierre quaint 3 hrs ago #2
Priest wasn't a terrorist. Kid Berwyn 1 hr ago #3

mahina

(20,597 posts)
1. Tears. Nightmare. We can not be part of this horror
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:31 AM
11 hrs ago

One moment more. NO MORE!
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quaint

(4,954 posts)
2. Rest in Peace, Father Pierre
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:51 AM
3 hrs ago

Died while caring for the people of his parish.
So unneccesay.
So sad.

Kid Berwyn

(24,099 posts)
3. Priest wasn't a terrorist.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:51 AM
1 hr ago

Another victim of murder at the bloody hands of Netanyahu and Trump.

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