Top Holy Land clerics visit Gaza after deadly church strike

Two of the most senior Christian leaders in the Holy Land travelled to Gaza on Friday after Israeli fire killed three at the Palestinian territory’s only Catholic church, provoking international condemnation.

The rare visit came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “deeply regrets” the strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City and blamed a “stray” round.

Israel strictly controls access to the territory, where the civil defence agency on Friday reported that further Israeli…