Article

2025-07-18 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Under pressure from Trump, Netanyahu says he ‘regrets’ mistaken shelling of Gaza church

[IsraelTimes] IDF says shrapnel from a tank shell fired in the area mistakenly hit the church, reiterates that IDF does not target religious buildings

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office issued a statement late Thursday expressing its regret after an IDF strike killed three civilians in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
’s only Catholic church, heeding a demand from US President Donald Trump
...Never got invited to a P.Diddy party...
who angrily phoned the Israeli premier over the incident.

"Israel deeply regrets that a stray ammunition hit Gaza’s Holy Family Church," the PMO said. "Every innocent life lost is a tragedy. We share the grief of the families and the faithful."

The statement, which was not issued in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s name, also expressed gratitude to Pope Leo XIV for his "words of comfort." The pope had issued a statement expressing his sadness over the loss of life in the Gaza City strike and reiterating his hope for a ceasefire, while avoiding a direct condemnation of Israel.

"Israel is investigating the incident and remains committed to protecting civilians and holy sites," the PMO said.

Less than an hour earlier, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told news hounds during a briefing that Trump phoned Netanyahu after first learning about the strike on Thursday morning.

Asked what Trump’s reaction had been to the latest civilian casualty incident in Gaza, Leavitt responded, "It was not a positive reaction."

Leavitt said Netanyahu agreed during the call with Trump to issue a statement explaining that the strike had been a mistake.

Shortly after Netanyahu’s statement, the Israeli military said that shrapnel from a tank shell fired during operations in Gaza City hit the church.

The IDF said it carried out a preliminary investigation following reports of damage and casualties at the church.

"It emerged that fragments from a shell fired during operational activity in the area hit the church mistakenly," the IDF said, adding that the cause of the incident is under review.

"The IDF directs its strikes solely at military targets and makes every feasible effort to mitigate harm to civilians and religious structures, and regrets any unintentional damage caused to them," it added.

Pictures from the scene showed a large chunk of the building had been hit next to the large stone cross that adorned the house of worship. Windows were also damaged.

The Foreign Ministry commented on the incident earlier in the day, saying that Israel "expresses deep sorrow over the damage [to the church] and over any civilian casualty" and that the country "never targets churches or religious sites and regrets any harm to a religious site or to uninvolved civilians."

Doctors at al-Ahli hospital said two women were killed. The third fatality, who died later, was male. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem named the dead as Najwa Abu Daoud, Saad Issa Kostandi Salameh and Foumia Issa Latif Ayyad.

Among the injured in the strike was Gay Pareeh Priest Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, a confidant of the late Pope Francis

...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. That was to show how humble he is. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess...
, who would speak to him nightly throughout the war in Gaza.

The church was sheltering both Christians and Moslems, including a number of children with disabilities, according to Fadel Naem, acting director of al-Ahli Hospital, which received the maimed.

Out of the Gaza Strip’s population of more than two million, about 1,000 are Christians. Most of them are Orthodox, but according to the Latin Patriarchate, there are about 135 Catholics in the territory.

Since the early days of the war which erupted in October 2023, members of the Catholic community have been sheltering at the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza City, and some Orthodox Christians have also found refuge there.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-07-18 2025-07-18 01:12|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| ||Comments [41 views ] Top
File under: Hamas

#1 Under pressure from Trump, Netanyahu says he ‘regrets’ mistaken shelling of Gaza church

The reason we pay him big bucks.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-07-18 02:07|| 2025-07-18 02:07|| Front Page || Comments Top