JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Bible Society has temporarily closed down its center and bookshop in Gaza City after it came under a bomb threat, said its acting secretary general, Nashat Filmon.
Unknown masked gunmen distributed pamphlets on Palestine Square in Gaza City in February, threatening to blow up the building housing the Bible society if it did not close down before Feb. 28. Earlier in February, two small pipe bombs exploded at the entrance of the center, causing damage but no injuries.
The society’s center in Bir Zeit on the West Bank was also attacked, with militants breaking windows and attempting to set its student facility on fire.
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