Netanyahu tells Trump strike on Gaza church 'a mistake': White House
- 2025-07-17 09:04:57
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump on Thursday that an Israeli strike on Gaza's only Catholic church had been "a mistake," the White House said.
Trump called Netanyahu after having "not a positive reaction" to learning of the strike, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.
"It was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic church, that's what the prime minister relayed to the president," Leavitt said.
Out of the Gaza Strip's population of more than two million, about 1,000 are Christians. Most of them are Orthodox but according to the Latin Patriarchate, there are about 135 Catholics in the territory.
The deaths at the church compound came as Gaza's civil defence agency reported at least 20 people killed in other Israeli strikes around the Palestinian territory.
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