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3. The Priest was injured.

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 06:54 AM

Jul 17

This is the church Pope Francis called regularly to check on the people there. So sad, and also infuriating.

Couple of sources:

Israeli Bombing of Gaza’s Catholic Church Kills Two Civilians, Injures Parish Priest

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-bombing-of-gazas-catholic-church-kills-two-civilians-injures-parish-priest/

Two dead as Israeli strike hits Gaza's only Catholic church

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/07/17/israeli-strike-hits-catholic-church-in-gaza-city-that-pope-francis-called-for-war-updates/

By the way, they also bombed a Catholic Church in Lebanon back in October. The Israel regime loves bombing Catholic churches, I guess.

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Israel bombs Catholic Church in Gaza killing people [View all] malaise Jul 17 OP

Certain that Pope Leo will make no_hypocrisy Jul 17 #1

Evil has taken over the world: Trump, Putin, Netanyahu. Irish_Dem Jul 17 #2

The Priest was injured. writerJT Jul 17 #3

Boy, what a beastly and fiendish thing to do. sop Jul 17 #5

Past time for The Hague to get involved!! aeromanKC Jul 17 #6

Or the U.S. Congre Oh fuck. I forgot. 3Hotdogs Jul 17 #7

US will break the silence by giving more weapons to do more of it IronLionZion Jul 17 #8

But anti-Zionism is antisemitism, you know . . . Gaugamela Jul 17 #9

They aren't fooling me malaise Jul 17 #10

We are assisting in ....... Butterflylady Jul 17 #11

The last guardrail just fell. AloeVera Jul 17 #13