Israeli church attack kills 60-year-old janitor, 84-year-old woman

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Al Jazeera has received information on the identities of the two people killed in the Israeli attack on the Catholic church in Gaza City.

They have been identified as the parish’s 60-year-old janitor and an 84-year-old woman who was receiving psychosocial support inside a Caritas tent in the church compound, according to the Catholic charity Caritas Jerusalem.

People carry the body of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli strike on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 17, according to medics at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital. — Reuters
People carry the body of a Palestinian who was killed in an Israeli strike on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on July 17, according to medics at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital. — Reuters

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