VATICAN CITY: Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, calling the situation in the Palestinian enclave “yet more worrying and saddening”.
“I renew my fervent appeal to allow for the entry of fair humanitarian help and to bring to an end the hostilities, the devastating price of which is paid by children, the elderly and the sick,“ the pope said during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square.
Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, was elected the leader of the Catholic Church on May 8 to succeed the late Pope Francis. He has mentioned the situation in Gaza several times in the first weeks of his papacy.
In his first Sunday message on May 11, the new pope
called
for an immediate ceasefire and for the release of all Israeli hostages held by militant group Hamas.
Israel said on Monday that it would allow aid to enter Gaza after an 11-week blockade on the enclave, but the United Nations said no help had been distributed as of Tuesday.
Leo's appeal comes a day after British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
announced his government
had paused free trade talks with Israel and summoned the Israeli ambassador to the UK over the situation in Gaza.
Israel says it plans to intensify military operations against Hamas and to
control the whole of Gaza
, which has been devastated by an Israeli air and ground
war
since Hamas' cross-border attack on Israeli communities in October 2023.
Israel has said its blockade is aimed in part at preventing Palestinian militants from diverting and seizing aid supplies. Hamas has denied doing so.
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