The Vatican has expressed doubts about Israeli statements saying an attack on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip was a mistake, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Italian television channel Rai. The Cardinal secretary of state,

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 on Friday, the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more.