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Jerusalem Bishop Discusses Hopes for Cease-fire, “two-state solution” to Israel-Hamas War appeared on www.aciafrica.org by ACI Africa.
On Oct. 13, however, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s secretary of state, speaking to Vatican Media, condemned Hamas’ attacks as “inhuman” and said the Holy See expresses “complete and firm condemnation.” He also said the Holy See stands ready to help mediate a peace agreement.
In response to the Oct. 7 attack, Israel declared war against Hamas and struck back against the terror group in the Gaza Strip with a full-scale military mobilization. By Friday the death toll in the conflict was nearing a combined 3,000.
“In all the West Bank, which is closed now, [there is] no communication between the West Bank and Israel and Jerusalem,” Bishop Shomali told host Andreas Thonhauser.
The prelate said the conflict has been driven by “two invasions,” the first by Hamas invading Israel and the second by Israel “retaliating with power and disproportionate strength.”
“Israel uses airplanes, sophisticated airplanes,” the bishop said. “They have what we call the computer system. They know how to make a building fall down without touching the others.”
“Israel has a very strong army, while Hamas are militias with very limited and old-age, medieval-age weapons,” he argued.
Hamas’ initial invasion was quickly followed by widespread reports of the Islamist militant group kidnapping civilian hostages, including women and children. Pope Francis last week called for the release of the hostages, condemning the “terrorism and extremism” that has marked the war thus far.
An Israeli woman whose 80-year-old father was reportedly kidnapped pleaded with global allies last week to “assist in contacting the kidnapped and assure they are alive and have what they need to survive.”
Shomali said there is “a lot of fear, worries, and panic in Gaza” and that people are likewise “anxious” in Jerusalem.
He noted that the bishops in the Holy Land have urged the faithful on Oct. 17 “to have a day of abstinence and fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation” of fighting in the region.
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