The Pope reaffirmed his call for peace in the Middle East

A week after the start of the war between the terrorist group Hamas and Israel, Pope Francis returned to his call for peace in the Middle East and called for the release of Israeli hostages and the installation of humanitarian corridors in Gaza. I follow with so much pain what is happening in Israel and Palestine, I think of everyone, especially the little ones and the elderly,” the Pope said from the Vatican in front of St. Peter’s Square.In this line, the Supreme Pontiff added that he takes up “the call for the release of the hostages” and asked “that children, the sick, elderly and women and all civilians are not victims of the conflict.” He also urged “that humanitarian law be respected, especially in Gaza, where it is urgent and necessary to guarantee humanitarian corridors and help the entire population”, and then condemned both the conflict in the Middle East and the war between Ukraine and Russia that affects the lives of thousands of civilians. “Enough, wars are always a defeat. Prayer is the gentle and holy force to oppose the diabolical force of hatred, terrorism and war,” he said in the reading of the Angelus.As the pope spoke at Sunday Mass, the Vatican made itself available to mediate in the conflict with a posture of respect for Israel’s “legitimate defense.” but pushing for a “two-state solution”, which the Israelis have rejected before.

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