Israel bombs world's third oldest church in Gaza, 8 die

Hamas-controlled interior ministry said several displaced people who had taken shelter at a church compound in the Gaza Strip have been killed and injured after an Israeli strike late Thursday.
The strike left a "large number of martyrs and injured" at the compound of the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, the ministry said.
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.
Witnesses said the strike damaged the facade of the church and caused an adjacent building to collapse, adding that many injured people were evacuated to hospital.
Saint Porphyrius is the third oldest church in the world that is still in use in Gaza and is located in the city's historic neighbourhood.
The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem expressed its "strongest condemnation" of the strike at its church compound.