The latest attacks came after the military yesterday said it had mistakenly hit the territory's only Catholic church.

Cardinal Pizzaballa and Patriarch Theophilos assessed the damage to the church's roof and comforted parishioners.

Around 50 Palestinians were killed and scores wounded over two days as Israeli warplanes and drones pounded densely populated shelters, homes, and

In the Gaza Strip, an Israeli strike today killed five displaced Palestinians sheltering in tents in al-Mawasi — an area designated a “safe zone” by Israel’s military. The attack sparked a major fire.

Mourners attend the burial of Palestinian Christians Saad Salama and Foumia Ayyad at Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox Church in Gaza July 17, 2025. The two parishioners were killed, according to medics, in an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Parish’s compound. (OSV News photo/Dawoud Abu Alkas, Reuters)

Famine looms in Gaza and strikes kill at least 30 Palestinians, but EU states remain divided over how to tackle Israel.

The Israeli military said it intended to hit an Islamic Jihad militant in the area, but that a malfunction had caused the missile to fall "dozens of metres from the target."

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned that the proposed ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza would amount to a concentration camp and risk ethnic cleansing. The plan, pushed by Defence Minister Israel Katz, has sparked fierce criticism and threatens to derail Israel-Hamas truce efforts.