It was impossible to rescue them directly from their village as the roads and harbor are under jihad control. Therefore, the rescue operation had to take place on the beach where a small boat would be able to meet them. We praise God that these Christians were safely rescued and relocated to an area where other Christian refugees have settled and were able to help us in providing the support they needed. Ten Christians were rescued in early March. Unfortunately, we cannot just come in and take all of them out.
Careful planning is needed to avoid a massacre.
We were informed that 230 Christians needed to be rescued, but only ten arrived when the rescue party arrived. When asked what had happened to them, the ten said that they didn t know. It is possible that these ten Christians are too traumatized and therefore out of fear are unable talk about all the horrors they have experienced. The rescue of these Christians is very risky because if they get caught during an attempted escape they will be beheaded by the jihad. This has already happened with some who attempted to escape and were caught.