Two senior Christian leaders entered Gaza on Friday to offer condolences after at least three people were killed in an Israeli strike on the sole Catholic Church in the enclave. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,

The only Catholic Church in Gaza, which Pope Francis called nightly since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, was hit by an Israeli shell this morning (July 17), killing three people and injuring 10 others, including the parish priest.

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and church officials said.