Israel flag in front of Nash Co. church vandalized
A church in Nash County said someone vandalized a flag of Israel outside their church overnight on Saturday.
Pastor Daniel Parker of Christian Fellowship Church Sandy Cross said the flag was found by a maintenance worker cut up and tossed into a drainage area by the church.
Security camera footage outside the church showed a man walking by the entrance of the church, leaving the frame and then returning with the wadded flag in his hands.
“He found the flag of Israel [and] ripped into it,” Parker said. “Not the American flag, not the Christian flag.”
"Civil order breaking down in Gaza"
The act comes as tensions are rising locally as the Israel-Hamas War continues. More than 8,000 Palestinians have died from Israel's counteroffensive, which started after Hamas militants attacked the southern border of the country and killed over 1,400 Israelis.
The United Nations warned Sunday there are signs “civil order is starting to break down” in Gaza, reporting that thousands of desperate Palestinians are taking basic items like flour and hygiene supplies from warehouses as Israel stepped up its operation in the territory.
At a news conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the situation in Gaza was “growing more desperate by the hours.”
As conditions worsen in Gaza, over 200 Palestinian protestors gathered in Moore Square for the third straight weekend, with many in attendance calling for an end to "genocide" in the region.
Parker said he shared the surveillance video with the Nash County Sheriff’s Office and they are investigating.
