Friday, December 27, 2024

Israel Summons Vatican’s Envoy over Pope’s ‘Cruelty’ Remarks on Gaza Genocide

 

Israel Foreign Ministry Vatican Envoy summons Pope Francis cruelty Gaza genocide

“Yesterday children were bombed. This is cruelty, this is not war. I want to say it because it touches my heart.”

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has summoned the Vatican’s ambassador for talks following Pope Francis’ recent remarks criticizing the bombing of children in Gaza as an act of “cruelty,” according to an Israeli media report.

The meeting with Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, held on Tuesday at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, was “not classified as a reprimand,” the Israeli news website Ynet reported.

However, the report added, Foreign Ministry Director General Eyal Bar-Tal “expressed Israel’s strong displeasure with the Pope’s comments.”

Pope Francis on Saturday condemned an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza which killed ten members of a family, including seven children.  (more...)

Israel Summons Vatican’s Envoy over Pope’s ‘Cruelty’ Remarks on Gaza Genocide



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