Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country “deeply regrets that a stray ammunition” hit Gaza’s only Catholic Church, killing three people sheltering there.
“Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful,”he said in a statement.
The incident happened on Thursday when an Israeli strike hit the Holy Family Church in Gaza City. Several people were also injured, said the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem which oversees the small parish.
Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury,” renewing his call for a Gaza ceasefire.
