President Donald Trump called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express his displeasure about the Israeli military striking a Catholic church in Gaza on July 17, said White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“It was not a positive reaction. He called Prime Minister Netanyahu this morning to address the strikes on that church in Gaza,” Leavitt told reporters.
“And I understand the prime minister agreed to put out a statement that it was a mistake by the Israelis to hit that Catholic church. That’s what the prime minister relayed to the president.”
The strike killed three people and wounded 10 others.
The church, which served as a shelter, is the only Catholic one in the Gaza Strip....