Following the most recent fighting between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, dozens of Mauritian pilgrims are stuck in Bethlehem, according to the foreign ministry.
The group has 36 members, the most of them are from the St. Helen Catholic parish in Curepipe’s second-largest city.
The parishioners are doing well, according to Father Gérard Mongelard, who is travelling with them. They are currently residing in a hotel in Bethlehem.
They had a flight scheduled for Sunday night to Turkey, from where they were to make their way back home.
However, a lot of airlines cancelled travel after Hamas launched an attack on Israel.