Ambassadors Call Attention to Starving Israeli Hostages, Gazan Civilians

Ambassadors call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gazan civilians

Photographs and videos of Gazans, particularly children, malnourished and on the point of death filled the news in late July and early August.

Ambassadors call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gazan civilians - Superior Catholic Herald

Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel almost two years ago and has pleaded with Israel to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. The urgency of listening to the papal pleas, which began after the Hamas attack on Israel Oct. 7, 2023, became more obvious when photographs and videos of G…

Ambassadors call attention to starving Israeli hostages, Gazan civilians - Catholic Review

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Leo XIV, like Pope Francis before him, consistently has called on Hamas to release the hostages it kidnapped in Israel almost two years ago and has pleaded with Israel to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. Yaron Sideman, Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See, is seen in a file photo from Sept. 16, 2024, when he presented his letters of credential to Pope Francis at the Vatican. (CNS photo/…