Pope Francis has intervened in the ongoing attacks and violence in Israel and Gaza, saying the killings had claimed children and women among others.
The Pope urged humanitarian corridors to allow the delivery of food, water and fuel to the Gaza Strip, which is currently under heavy Israeli bombardment after a bloody attack by Hamas last weekend
In the eight days since Hamas gunmen killed over 1,300 Israelis in their attack, Israel has retaliated with a devastating bombing campaign that had claimed over 2,300 lives in Gaza.
Reports have it that conditions in Gaza hospitals were so critical that health workers had started to store bodies in ice cream freezer trucks because taking them to hospitals has become too risky and cemeteries have become full.
While speaking after his traditional Angelus prayer in Rome’s Saint Peter’s Square recently, Pope Francis said: “Humanitarian law must be respected, especially in Gaza, where it is urgent and necessary to guarantee humanitarian corridors and help the population.
“I strongly urge that children, the sick, the elderly, women and all civilians should not fall victim to the conflict
“There have already been so many deaths, please let’s not shed any more innocent blood, not in the Holy Land, not in Ukraine, not anywhere else. Enough is enough. War is always a defeat,” he said, castigating “the diabolical force of hatred, terrorism and war.”
Also, Pope Francis reiterated his call “for the release of the hostages” kidnapped by Hamas fighters in southern Israel and invited “all believers to unite in prayer with the Church in the Holy Land”
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