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FM Sa’ar calls Greek Orthodox patriarch after monastery hit by Iranian missile pieces
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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar speaks with Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III after a fragment from an Iranian missile hit the roof of a Greek Orthodox monastery next to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
According to Sa’ar’s office, he tells the patriarch that Iran is intentionally firing at civilian targets, and is hitting religious sites belonging to Jews, Christians, and Muslims.
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