Israel said Thursday that it “deeply regrets” a deadly strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church, which killed three people. The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which has jurisdiction for Latin-rite Catholics in Gaza,

Israeli forces killed at least 22 people in attacks in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including two people who died in a strike on a church that late Pope Francis used to speak to regularly, medics and church officials said.

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.