Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said “Israeli raids” hit the only Catholic Church in Gaza, and she condemned attacks on civilians as “unacceptable.”
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, said Thursday that several people were injured in “a raid” on the church, including the Parish Priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli. The patriarchate later said two people were killed in the incident.
“With deep sorrow the Latin Patriarchate can now confirm that two persons were killed as a result of an apparent strike by the Israeli army that hit the Holy Family Compound this morning”, the patriarchate said in a statement. “We pray for the rest of their souls and for the end of this barbaric war. Nothing can justify the targeting of innocent civilians.”
Earlier on Thursday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said “Israeli raids on Gaza” had hit the Church of the Holy Family, condemning “the attacks against the civilian population that Israel has been carrying out for months” as unacceptable.
