Pope Francis repeated his attractiveness to the immediate shooting in Gaza in a message on Sunday Easter, which he read out loud by a consultant as the Pope, who is still recovering from pneumonia, was observed during a short appearance on the main balcony of Saint Peter.
Pope 88 -Year -old, who limits the burden of work due to medical requests, did not chair the Vatican Easter bloc, but appeared at the end of the event for a semi -annual grace and a message known as “Urbi et orbi” (for the city and the world). He hoped that the good Easter would be to reunite the believers.
Before entering the hospital for five weeks with pneumoniaFrancisco increased criticizing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza, and called on the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave “very dangerous and shame” in January.
In the Easter message, the Pope said The situation in Gaza It was “dramatic and unfortunate.” The Pope also asked the Palestinian Hamas group Hamas to release the remaining hostages and condemn what he called the “worrying” direction of anti -Semitism in the world.
The message said: “I expressed my closeness to suffering … to all the Israeli people and the Palestinian people.”
He said: “I appeal to the parties to the conflict: declaring the ceasefire, liberating the hostages and helping the hungry people who aspire to the future of peace.”
Last week, Hamas rejected an Israeli proposal to another temporary truce, which instead requires an agreement to end the war against the liberation of the hostages. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, On Saturday (19), he ordered the Israeli army to intensify pressure on Hamas.
The war arose by the Hamas -led attack on October 7, 2023, in southern Israel, where 1,200 people and 251 hostages were killed in Gaza, according to an Israeli.
Since then, more than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli attack, local health officials. The Gaza Ministry of Health stipulates that 1,600 people were killed last month.
Earlier on Sunday (20), Francisco held the Vatican meeting with US Vice President JD VanceWho was visiting Italy during the weekend.
The Vatican said that the meeting with Vans was brief, “a few minutes”, to exchange greetings of Easter.