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Priest close to Pope Francis injured in Israeli attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church

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Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’swar on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning.

Strikes pounded the Holy Family Church, killing two people and wounding several others, including the parish priest.

Father Gabriel Romanelli was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke every night since the beginning of Israel’s massacre on Gaza.

The church was damaged in the attack, which witnesses said appeared to be an Israeli tank shelling.

Fr Romanelli had earlier said that no one was killed in the Israeli assault, but doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City said two women had died.

Footage published by Palestinian photographer Abdalaziz Khalil shows the priest being treated for his injuries.

His right leg is being bandaged, but otherwise he is believed to be in good condition. 

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni blamed Israel for the church strike, saying: ‘The attacks on the civilian population that Israel has been demonstrating for months are unacceptable.

(FILES) Members of the clergy hold mass for late Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on April 21, 2025. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said an Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church injured several people on July 17, including the parish priest, as well as causing damage to the building. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the clergy hold mass for late Pope Francis at the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on April 21, 2025 (Picture: PA)

‘No military action can justify such an attitude.’

Foreign minister Antonio Tajani also described the attack as a ‘serious act against a Christian place of worship,’ adding that it is ‘time to stop and find peace.’

‘The attacks by the Israeli army against the civilian population in Gaza are no longer acceptable,’ he wrote on X.

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