Milan, 18 July (LaPresse) – This morning, Pope Leo XIV received a phone call at his residence in Castel Gandolfo from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following yesterday's Israeli military attack on the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza, which killed three people and injured several others, some seriously. During the conversation, the Holy See said, the Pontiff renewed his appeal ‘for renewed momentum in the negotiations and for a ceasefire and an end to the war.’ In his phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Pope Leo XIV ‘once again expressed his concern for the dramatic humanitarian situation of the population in Gaza, whose heartbreaking price is paid in particular by children, the elderly and the sick.’ The Holy See announced this, adding that the Pontiff ‘reiterated the urgent need to protect places of worship and, above all, the faithful and all people in Palestine and Israel.’
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