Middle East crisis: Netanyahu speaks to Pope after three killed in Israeli strike on Gaza church – as it happened
by Joe Coughlan from World news | The Guardian on (#6YQS9)
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Two of Jerusalem's most senior Christian clerics travelled to Gaza on Friday after a deadly Israeli strike on the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.
The Catholic Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and his Greek Orthodox counterpart, Theophilos III, headed an ecclesiastical delegation" to meet local Christians after Thursday's strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, a statement read.
Those responsible must be held to account.
It is crucial that immediate steps are taken to prevent recurrence of such violence.
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