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Israel stated Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a lethal strike on Gaza’s solely Catholic church, which killed three folks.
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Roman Catholics in Gaza, stated the Holy Household Church was struck by Israel on Thursday morning. The church has turn out to be a shelter for the enclave’s tiny Christian group amid the 20-month struggle.
The workplace of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that “Israel deeply regrets {that a} stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Household Church. Each harmless life misplaced is a tragedy.”
“Israel is investigating the incident and stays dedicated to defending civilians and holy websites,” the workplace added in a press release.
Pope Leo acquired a telephone name from Netanyahu on Friday, following the strike, the Vatican stated, during which the patriarch expressed the significance of defending locations of worship.
Throughout the telephone name, which Netanyahu’s workplace is but to touch upon, Leo renewed his requires a ceasefire to be reached by the warring sides in Gaza, a press release stated.
Pope Leo “once more expressed his concern for the dramatic humanitarian state of affairs of the inhabitants in Gaza, whose heartbreaking value is paid particularly by youngsters, the aged and the sick,” based on the assertion.
Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited the church on Thursday, in a extremely uncommon journey given Israel’s tight management over entry out and in of the territory.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, along with Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, visited the enclave to indicate their assist for Gaza’s Catholics, based on a press release from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
The 2 expressed “the shared pastoral solicitude of the Church buildings of the Holy Land and their concern for the group of Gaza,” based on a press release from the Jerusalem Patriarchate.
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