Further to the south, the Israeli military ordered Palestinians to leave Deir el-Balah, in the centre of the Strip, before launching its first operations against Hamas militants in the area.

Pope Leo XIV condemned an Israeli attack on Gaza’s only Catholic church, urging adherence to humanitarian law. Ongoing Israeli strikes across Gaza and other nations have killed thousands, sparking ...

Pope Leo XIV renewed his call on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect ...

Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the "indiscriminate use of force", just ...

I express my profound sadness regarding last Thursday’s attack by the Israeli army on the Catholic Parish of the Holy Family ...

The Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Church in Gaza has drawn U.S. criticism while Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday of his "deep sorrow" and called for an end to the "barbarity of war." ...

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces opened fire on Sunday on a crowd of Palestinians waiting to collect ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday slammed the "barbarity" of Israel's war on Gaza as its campaign of mass killing and starvation in the ...

Pope Leo called for an end to the 'barbarity of war' on Sunday as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli strike on the ...

Israel continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing scores of Palestinians on Sunday while relative calm was reported ...

Pope Leo XIV spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a tank hit the only Catholic church in Gaza, killing ...

Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before, an attack that killed three people and w ...