He Pope Leo XIV has urged Monday to be allowed “The proper entry of humanitarian aid” in Gaza form “urgent”in a telephone conversation with the Palestinian President, Mahmud Abasin which he has stressed “the obligation to protect the population and holy places“In the strip.
“Given the dramatic humanitarian situation, the urgency to provide relief to the most exposed to the consequences of the conflict and allow the proper entry of humanitarian aid, “said the Vatican.
The Pontiff has also renewed “his Call to full respect for international humanitarian law“And he highlighted” the obligation to protect civilians and holy places, “in addition to” prohibition of indiscriminate use of force and forced displacement of the population “.
In the call, both leaders have treated the “Recent events in the conflict of the Gaza Strip and violence in the West Bank”.
This Sunday, in the Sunday prayer of the Angelus, the Pope raised his voice to violence in the Middle East, after the Israeli attack last Thursday to the parish of the Sagrada Familia, the only Catholic of Gaza, who caused three dead and several injured.
“The world there is no more hold”
“There can be no justification for collective punishment, the indiscriminate use of force or the forced displacement of the inhabitants,”Said the Pope when he heading to the international community in Castel Gandolfo before hundreds of people who acclaim him. “The world there is no more hold”he added.
The day after the attack, Leo XIV already received the call from the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahuin which The Pope asked a stop to fire and the end of the war in Gazaas well as protection for places of worship and the faithful.
During his conversation with Abas, the Pope has also recalled the 10th anniversary of the global agreement between the Holy See and the State of Palestine, signed on June 26, 2015 and which entered into force on January 2, 2016.
