Parish priest and several injured as airstrikes hit a Gaza church

DEIR AL-BALAH Gaza Strip AP Airstrikes hit the Holy Family Church in northern Gaza on Thursday morning injuring several people including the parish priest officers with the Catholic Church disclosed Parish priest Fr Gabriel Romanelli was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke often during the war in Gaza The church was damaged in the attack authorities explained in what observers declared appeared to be an Israeli tank shelling The Israeli military did not have immediate comment on the strike Source