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World Leaders ‘Appalled’ by Gaza Church Attack, Amid Calls Between Vatican, Tel Aviv and Washington
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed "deep regret" over the bombing of the Holy Family Church in Gaza after a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on July 17, 2025.
- Netanyahu described the attack as a "mistake," claiming it was an error caused by stray ammunition, and stated that the Israeli military is investigating the incident.
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In the Gaza Strip, during an Israeli attack, the only Catholic church on the ground is destroyed. Netanyahu speaks of "by mistake," but the Vatican does not follow.
3 killed, 10 injured in Israeli strike on Catholic church in Gaza
The White House confirmed on Thursday that President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a Catholic church in Gaza was hit by a shell in an Israeli strike. Church officials reported that three people were killed and 10 were wounded in the strike. During a Thursday press conference, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the president’s reaction to the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza being…
World leaders ‘appalled’ by Gaza church attack, amid calls between Vatican, Tel Aviv and Washington
JERUSALEM (OSV News) — Amid mounting international concern, leaders across the globe condemned the July 17 attack on the Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, which left three dead and at least 10 injured, including the parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli. Statements denouncing the Israeli strike poured in from the Vatican, United States, Europe and Latin America. United Nations’ Secretary General António Guterres likewise strongly condemned the a…
US Bishops Stress Need for Immediate Ceasefire After Deadly Attack on Gaza Parish
OMAR AL-QATTAA A view is seen of the damaged facade of Holy Family Church, on July 18, a day after the church was hit in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City. ‘With the Holy Father, the Catholic bishops of the United States are deeply saddened to learn about the deaths and injuries at Holy Family Church in Gaza caused by a military strike,’ Archbishop Broglio wrote in a Thursday statement.
Telephone call between Castel Gandolfo and Gaza. Pope Leo XIV wanted to speak personally with Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilus III, who this Friday have moved to Gaza to evacuate the seriously wounded from the attack on the church that caused three deaths and eleven injuries, bring humanitarian aid and assess the damage. It was not the only call because of the attack on the church. On Thur…
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