Posted on 07/17/2025 2:56:54 PM PDT by ebb tide
The White House states President Donald Trump’s reaction to this morning’s Israeli military strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza was “not positive” and prompted a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
At around 10:20 a.m. local time on Thursday, the Holy Family Catholic Church compound “was struck by the Israeli army” killing at least three and injuring nine others “including one in critical condition and two in serious condition,” according to a statement from the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.
During a White House press briefing today Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump’s reaction to the bombing and responded, “It was not a positive reaction. He called Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning to address the strikes on that church in Gaza. And I understand the Prime Minister agreed to put out a statement.”
She went on to claim, “it was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic Church. That’s what the Prime Minister relayed to the President. And you should look at the Prime Minister’s statement on that.”
But according to The Pillar, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, expressed doubts that the strike on the church was a mistake.
“What we know for sure is that a tank, the IDF says by mistake, but we are not sure about this, they hit the church directly, the Church of the Holy Family, the Latin Church.”
“We don’t have complete information about what has happened in Gaza today because the communication in Gaza is not that simple,” the Franciscan cardinal said.
However, the Catholic outlet went on to report that “sources close to the patriarchate’s chancery” told them “Church authorities were considering the possibility that the tank attack” upon the church was “a deliberate act of retaliation” for Church authorities speaking out on Monday against violent terrorist attacks by Israeli settlers against the Christian town of Taybeh in the West Bank.
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The statement by these Christian authorities in the Holy Land charged Israeli authorities with facilitating and enabling the attacks upon Christians and other Palestinians in the occupied territories.
“We call for an immediate and transparent investigation into why the Israeli police did not respond to emergency calls from the local community and why these abhorrent actions continue to go unpunished,” the prelates demanded.
“Furthermore, we ask diplomats, politicians, and church officials worldwide to provide a prayerful and outspoken voice for our ecumenical community in Taybeh, that their presence may be secured and that they can live in peace to worship freely, grow crops without danger, and live in a peace that seems to be in far too short of supply,” the statement said.
I will never take the side of terrorists . If the IDF had a Lt. Calley moment so be it they will sort it out. God bless the IDF and to hell with terrorists.
Screw off, you Israeli lap dog. Have you seen a photo of the church before the Israelis destroyed it? There’s no mistaking what it was.
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2025/07/at-least-two-dead-in-israeli.html
This time, the terrorists were in a tank.
It almost seems like those who migrated from Europe to Israel were actually supporters of the zeitgiest of the time. Communism and National Socialism (Nazi). They sure are acting like the Germans, Poles, Croatians and Serbs.
The Serbs were all in on fighting Hitler, they sent the General and his staff to meet the Serbian Army, Serb stabbed them in the back and slaughter the invitees to the “Let’s get Hitler” party.
What you say is true.
No one would have a positive reaction. I am not going to condemn the entire IDF because of this. Clearly some one made bad call and will be punished. Get a life.
Wow, so do you put Hamas and the IDF on the same moral plane?
The minute the Israel v the world war ends, Bibi goes bye bye. He arranged the false flag of Oct 7, pulled back his forces to make it work.
There is a documentary “The Bibi Files” I think.
Whose side are you on? Israel or Hamas?
The ONLY one who gets to judge Israel is YESHUA, and he will do so. He has for 4,000 years, harshly. But when the surrounding Nations tried to Jilidge them, he vented his fury on them. Also, this is the dame YESHUA who ordered that whole populations in Canan be exterminated before the Hebrews moved in
ALL Judgment is reserved to HIM, and HE will Judge Israel.
Right, the Israeli army was told to shoot everyone when retaking the land lost on October 7th, including Israeli settlers. So as not to leave people for hostages.
You are beyond crazy into lunacy.
The man you WILL stand before is a JEWISH man who cares for Israel, your hatred will not stand before him on Judgement Day
You need to call on him.
CORRECTION....Serbs were slaughtered by the Croats at the start of WW2, correction.... Croats were all in with Hitler. Yet Clinton bombed the Serbs in service to the Muslims.
If that tank crew did this on purpose they will be court martialled.
But 100% correct
Did some dictate get issued from the vatican, for catholics to attack israel and the jewish people.....
and turn catholic’s, as well as world opinion against israel so hamas and radical islamic jihadist can regain control over gaza, the west bank, and even parts of israel itself?
It seems there have been an increase in antisemetic threads posted in the guise of stirring up people against israel, for somehow attacking catholics in gaza and the west bank...
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