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,

Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people.

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