Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Latin-rite Catholics in Gaza,

Hundreds of Christian and Muslim Palestinians have been sheltering at the Holy Family Catholic Church, whose priest was close with the late Pope Francis.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the highest ranking Catholic official in Jerusalem, entered Gaza on Friday to bring humanitarian aid and comfort to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church of the Palestinian enclave.