Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church that killed three people.

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza on Friday to bring aid to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church in the Palestinian enclave, while he and a Vatican official questioned Israeli explanations for the incident.

Three people were killed and 10 injured in an Israeli strike on the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, on Thursday, said the parish and the Vatican, which issued a response from Pope Leo XIV.