GAZA
An Israeli attack on the only Catholic Church in the Gaza Strip has left two people dead and several others injured.
Two women were killed and several people were injured following the strike on the Catholic parish in Gaza, doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City said on Thursday.
According to the Latin Patriarchate of al-Quds, the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza was struck on Thursday morning.
Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest, and several others at the church sustained injuries in the attack, it said.
The church was also damaged in the Israeli forces attack, it added.
The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic Church inside the Palestinian territory, and Father Romanelli had used to regularly update the late Pope Francis about the Israeli war on Gaza.
According to reports by Italy’s ANSA news agency, the six people wounded had sustained serious injuries in the attack.
However, the priest reportedly suffered light leg injuries.
