On July 17th, local time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement expressing regret over the incident where Israeli forces’ “fire” hit a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip. He stated that Israel is investigating the matter.
During the daytime, Israeli forces launched an airstrike on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip, resulting in three deaths and nine injuries. Following this, US President Donald Trump called Netanyahu. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany mentioned that during the call, Netanyahu agreed to issue a statement explaining the attack as an error by the Israeli military. (Reported by Zhao Bing, Xu Tao)