Iran Press/ West Asia: In the latest Israeli attacks, the oldest Church of Gaza was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Palestinian health officials said that the Church was hit by an Israeli air strike and 18 Christian Israelis were killed in the attack.
The Orthodox Church said in a statement: "The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expresses its strongest condemnation of the Israeli air strike that has struck its church compound in the city of Gaza."
A sign of the potential start of a ground invasion of Gaza
Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.
Palestinians in Gaza reported heavy airstrikes in Khan Younis in the south, and ambulances carrying men, women, and children streamed into the town’s Nasser Hospital, Gaza’s second largest, which is already overflowing with patients and people seeking shelter.
The Israeli military said it had struck more than 100 targets across Gaza.
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