The US tax-financed Israeli IDF forces bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City on July 17, 2025, killing three people and injuring 10 others, including a parish priest.
Israel predictably expressed regret (as visions of US tax dollars danced in their head).
Israel expected Christians to believe a tank shell hit the compound “mistakenly” during military operations in the vicinity.
Hundreds of Catholic Palestinians were sheltering in the church at the time believing they might be safe from the US-provided bombs.
Key Details of the July 2025 Incident:
Location: The Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip.
Casualties: Three people were killed and ten were wounded, including the parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli.
Damage: The church compound was seriously damaged.
The Israeli Response to targeting and bombing a Catholic church was predictable.
The US tax dollar-financed Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that initial inquiries suggested “fragments from a shell fired during operational activity” hit the church, calling it a “mistake.”
International Reaction: The incident was condemned by church leaders, with Pope Leo XIV calling for an immediate ceasefire.
This incident followed previous reports of damage to other Christian sites in Gaza, including the Christian Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, exposing Israel’s long-held government plans to rid the area of Christians to allow Jews to take the land.
Approximately 180,000–188,000 Christians live in Israel, about 1.9% of the population as of late 2025.
Most (roughly 75-80%) are Arab Christians living primarily in Nazareth and Haifa, with others coming from diverse backgrounds including Russian-speaking Christian immigrants.
Key details about Christians in Israel:
The largest communities are in Nazareth (~21,000), Haifa (~17,000), and Jerusalem (~13,000) and Catholics in Gaza.
While Christians are permitted freedom of worship, reports indicate a rise in Israeli harassment incidents targeting Christians and clergy. Israeli settlers in particular virulently want Christians out of Israeli land so they can settle the area exclusively for Jews.
The Christian community was there, before Jews came and took over. Christianity is diverse, including Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and various Protestant denominations.
Re: "Three people were killed and ten were wounded."
Re: "Hundreds sheltering..."
Maybe 1% dead and 3% wounded - in a war zone?
And, Israel was deliberately trying to kill Christian civilians?
That is a pitiful lie.
By the way, the USA provides Europe, Japan, and South Korea, with massively more peace time military aid than it gives to Israel in war time aid.
HAMAS uses hospitals, schools, and Churches to hide militants and as firing positions. You seem to be pro-terrorist Liz. Why don’t you fight with HAMAS?
“The US tax-financed Israeli IDF forces bombed the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City on July 17, 202...”
Lie. Lie because THERE WAS A WAR GOING ON, STARTED BY GAZA. The number of innocent civilians killed by Israel in Gaza is small compared to the number of civilians killed by the USA in fighting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, etc.
Civilians often die in a war. In fact, it happens in EVERY WAR.
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