ABC News’ Gio Benitez is joined by Father James Martin reacting to an Israeli attack on a church in Gaza that killed three Palestinians and how Pope Leo XIV is renewing calls for a ceasefire.

US President Donald Trump. Photo by AFPISTANBUL - US President Donald Trump was "caught off guard" by Israel's bombing in Syria and the strike on

Syria's new government sent troops to quell fighting between the Druze religious minority and Sunni Muslim tribes. Then Israel intervened, bombing Damascus.

Leaders from the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Church visited Gaza’s only Catholic church on Friday, where a day earlier three people were killed in an Israeli strike.

Former Israeli diplomat Alon Pinkas joins "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" to discuss whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be swayed by 25 nations demanding an end to fighting in Gaza, and how President Trump could be a change agent to stop the war.

The head of the agency that helps oversee international aid deliveries to the territory had criticized the impact of Israeli policy on civilians.

The World Food Program has condemned the Israeli army for firing on a humanitarian aid convoy, calling the attack “completely unacceptable.”

China on Monday condemned the Israeli attacks on civilians in Gaza, noting that Beijing stands against Tel Aviv’s violation of international law.