By Garsha Vazirian

The sledgehammer that crystallized Israel’s war on Christianity

From Gaza’s bombed churches to a decapitated Jesus in Lebanon, Israel’s aggression reveals a systematic assault on the Levant’s Christian soul

TEHRAN — The image lands like a physical blow: An Israeli soldier in full uniform stands outside a family home in the Maronite Christian village of Debel, six kilometers from the border, and swings a sledgehammer straight into the head of a Jesus statue on its crucifix.