Smoke was seen rising after strikes hit Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. It comes as the Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas where the military has rarely operated with ground troops.

Pope Leo XIV said he was "deeply saddened to learn of the loss of life and injury caused by the military attack" on the Catholic Church in Gaza.

Pope Leo called for an end to the ‘barbarity of war’ on Sunday as he spoke of his profound pain over an Israeli strike on the sole Catholic church in Gaza. Three people died and several were injured,

The Israeli shelling of the Holy Family Church in Gaza has drawn U.S. criticism while Pope Leo XIV spoke Sunday of his "deep sorrow" and called for an end to the "barbarity of war."

Mourners gathered Thursday evening in Gaza City for the funeral of two Christians killed when an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s only Catholic church compound earlier that day.View on euronews

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and church officials said.

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the local priest, sustained "light injuries" in the strike on the only Catholic church in Gaza, officials said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo XIV a day after a deadly Israeli airstrike hit the only Catholic Church in Gaza. CBS News' Courtney Kealy has the latest.

Top church leaders in Jerusalem headed into Gaza Friday in a rare solidarity visit to the territory one day after an Israeli shell slammed into its only Catholic church, killing three people.