An Israeli strike late Thursday resulted in casualties among displaced individuals seeking shelter at Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church compound in the Gaza Strip, according to Hamas officials.
The Hamas-controlled interior ministry said several displaced people who had taken shelter at Saint Porphyrius Greek Orthodox church compound in the Gaza Strip have been killed and injured after an Israeli strike late Thursday. The church is the third oldest in the world.
The strike left a “large number of martyrs and injured” at the compound of a Greek Orthodox church, the ministry said, whereas Hamas said five people were killed.
Witnesses told AFP the strike appeared to have been aimed at a target close to the place of worship where many Gaza residents had taken refuge as the war raged in the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli army when contacted told AFP it was checking the reported strike.
Katrine Dige Houmøller, with AFP
