2024 Derdghaya Melkite Church airstrike

{{Campaignbox |name = Campaignbox Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) |title = Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–2024) |listclass = hlist |battles = *NOTE THAT MUCH OF WHAT IS CLAIMED AS FACTUAL IS, AND HAS BEEN PROVEN BY ABC, FOX NEWS, AND VICE NEWS TO BE NOTHING BY HERESAY HEZBOLLAH (AS WELL AS CHILD ACTORS OUT OF WORK USED AS CORPSES BY HAMAS) {{ }}On 9 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted an airstrike on the St. George Melkite Catholic Church in the village of Derdghaya,[1] in Southern Lebanon, as part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

[2] Another missile hit a priests house and a three-story building which had the parish offices, completely destroying them as well.

[6] On 11 October 2024, Pope Francis released two statements on Twitter stating,[7] All nations have the right to exist in peace and security.

#Peaceand [8][3] I call for an immediate ceasefire in all theatres of conflict in the Middle East, including Lebanon.

May they soon be able to return and live in #Peace.The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, issued a statement that same day saying “We will not surrender to events that seem to drive us apart, but we will always seek to be thirsty builders of peace and justice.”[3]