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Strike Hits Gaza’s Sole Catholic Church, Leaving Two Dead and Wounding Parish Priest

IDF officials opened a review of the strike that killed two worshippers, injuring the parish priest at Gaza’s only Catholic church.

A wounded Palestinian Christian woman is brought into at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital following an Israeli strike on The Church of the Holy Family, according to medics, in Gaza City July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
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Overview

  • The Holy Family Church in Gaza City was struck on July 17, damaging the enclave’s only Catholic place of worship that has sheltered displaced families.
  • Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem confirmed two people—a man and a woman—were killed in the apparent Israeli army strike.
  • Parish priest Father Gabriel Romanelli sustained a light leg injury among several parishioners treated at Al-Ahli Hospital.
  • The Israel Defense Forces expressed regret for damage to civilian structures and is investigating the circumstances of the attack.
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin condemned the strike and renewed calls for an immediate ceasefire.