Until his final days, the late Pope Francis had regularly spoken to the priest at Gaza's Catholic church about the situation in the war-ravaged 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.

STORY: Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks on the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two who died in a strike on a church the late Pope Francis used to regularly speak to.As the injured from the Holy Family Church poured into Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City,