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  • Israel strikes the Gaza church the pope used to call nightly, killing 3

    07/17/2025 11:32:04 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 33 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 07/17/2025 | By Stefano Pitrelli, Claire Parker, Mohamad El Chamaa and Siham Shamalakh
    Its parish priest, the Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Holy Family Church, became well known after it was revealed that Pope Francis used to call him every evening during the war in Gaza. A man and a woman who were seriously injured in the midmorning strike died in surgery at the nearby al-Ahly Hospital, according to the hospital’s director of surgery, Mostafa Naim. The patriarchate later confirmed the death of a third person, Najwa Abu Daoud. Naim identified two of the dead as Foomya Ayad and Saad Eissa Salama. They were Orthodox Christians but were sheltering at the church, according...