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Christian leaders make rare visit to Gaza following deadly Israeli church attack

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By Ibrahim Dahman and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The religious delegation to Gaza included two Patriarchs from Jerusalem — Latin Patriarch Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III.

  2. Local News 8

    Christian leaders make rare visit to Gaza following deadly Israeli church attack (opens Local News 8)

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    By Ibrahim Dahman and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike.

  3. The Guardian

    Christian leaders make rare visit to shelled church in Gaza (opens The Guardian)

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    Israel grants access after ‘stray’ tank round kills three people and wounds priest

  4. WHDH Boston

    Christian patriarchs make rare visit to Gaza after deadly Israeli strike on church - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Top church leaders visited Gaza on Friday after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before,

  5. Al-Monitor

    Top Holy Land clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Two of the most senior Christian leaders in Jerusalem made a rare visit to war-torn Gaza on Friday, a day after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory's only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation.

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