Pope Leo XIV. On Wednesday during his first general audience, he called to allow a sufficient amount of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Stripwhere, according to humanitarian organizations, there is a lack of food and drugs due to Israeli blocking. According to AFP and ANSA reports, TASR reports this.
“The situation in the Gaza Strip is disturbing and painful. I repeat my sincere challenge to allow sufficient humanitarian aid to enter And to end the fighting whose heartbreaking price is paid by children, old people and sick, ”said the Pope at the Svätopteter Square in the Vatican.
Leo XIV And he called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement and the release of hostages. He also called for peace in Ukraine.
From March 2, Israel has been blocking a supply of aid to the war -destroyed Palestinian enclave for which he earned international criticism. Several European and world leaders have called on him to renew their imports to Gaza, where, according to humanitarian organizations, there is a threat of famine.
Since Monday, he has allowed access to Gaza to several United Nations vehicles with humanitarian aid, but according to the UN itself or the organization, doctors without borders (MSF) are not enough to cover needs.
The Israeli army also intensified the fighting in the Gaza Strip, claiming that its aim is to defeat Hamas. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel must prevent famine in the Gaza zone for “practical and diplomatic reasons”. At the same time, he said that Israel would take control of the whole territory of this Palestinian enclave.
