The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Theophilos III entered Gaza on Friday morning to express the “shared pastoral solicitude of the churches of the Holy Land”, according to a statement released by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem.

The delegation plans to send hundreds of tons of food aid, medical supplies and equipment to families inside Gaza.

ROME (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday, the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more.