The community behind usAnnunciation Church and Schoolcommitted to academics, service, and Catholic values, filled with the first days of school of beautiful children going to learn those values, share with their teachers and their classmates. And instead of that joy and that curiosity and that learning, they were met with evil and horror and death, Walz began, adding: And we often come to these and say these unspeakable tragedies, or there's no words for this.
Nikita Solonichenko, 17, was killed in a Russian ballistic missile attack, leaving his mother, Snizhana, and girlfriend, Anna Stepanova, grieving profoundly. Anna has since moved in with Snizhana.
An Israeli airstrike hit Palestinians near a medical centre in Gaza on Thursday, killing 10 children and six adults, according to local health authorities. Verified video footage from the strike in Deir al-Balah showed the bodies of women and children lying in pools of blood. Clips showed several motionless children lying on a donkey cart.