Air raid on Gaza City: Pizzaballa expresses his condolences for the Christian victims

“It is with deep sorrow that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, on behalf of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and its clergy, extends his deepest condolences to the families of Maysa Khader Ibrahim Abu Daoud (Ayyad) and Mary Hafez Michel Najjar (Abu Daoud), as well as to the Christian community in Gaza, following their deaths last night as a result of an Israeli air strike on Gaza City”.

This is what is posted on the Latin Patriarchate’s social media accounts. The funerals of the two women are taking place today at the Church of St Porphyrius in Gaza.