The Vatican has expressed doubts about Israeli statements saying an attack on a Catholic church in the Gaza Strip was a mistake, Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Italian television channel Rai. The Cardinal secretary of state,

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa entered Gaza on Friday to bring aid to victims of Israel's strike on the sole Catholic church in the Palestinian enclave, while he and a Vatican official questioned Israeli explanations for the incident.

Three people were killed and 10 injured in the Israeli strike Thursday on the Holy Family Church, the only Catholic church in Gaza, said the parish and the Vatican.