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. The visit is highly unusual given Israel’s tight control over access in and out of the territory.

An Israeli strike hit the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people, injuring 10 others and causing extensive damage to the religious complex, according to the Latin Pa...

The Patriarchate condemned “this targeting of innocent civilians and of a sacred place,” saying two women and one man were killed in the attack on the Holy Family Church.

Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire, the U.S. envoy to Turkey said on Friday, after days of bloodshed in the predominantly Druze area that has killed over 300 people.

A monitoring group says 594 people have been killed during the recent violence in southern Syria that took on a sectarian dimension.

Israel has vowed to shield the area's Druze community from attack, encouraged by calls from Israel's own Druze minority.