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\u201cAnd with pain, I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty,\u201d he said during his weekly mass on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The remarks came a day after the pontiff denounced an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 25 Palestinians in Gaza, including seven children from the same family, in Jabalia in northern Gaza.<\/p>\n
\u201cYesterday, children were bombed,\u201d he said at the top of his annual Christmas address to the Vatican\u2019s Catholic cardinals. \u201cThis is cruelty. This is not war. I wanted to say this because it touches the heart.\u201d<\/p>\n
Irked by the Pope\u2019s comments, an Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said they were \u201cparticularly disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pope Francis has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Israel\u2019s bloody aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
In his book published recently, he called for scrutiny over whether the situation in Gaza \u201ccorresponds to the technical definition\u201d of genocide.<\/p>\n
Israel unleashed its brutal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after the Hamas resistance group carried out its historic operation against the occupying entity in retaliation for its intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.<\/p>\n
So far, the Tel Aviv regime has killed at least 45,259 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured 107,627 others.<\/p>\n
During its bloody onslaught, Israel has targeted Gaza\u2019s civilian infrastructure, such as schools and hospitals, in blatant violation of international law.<\/p>\n
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