‘Enough please!’: Pope Francis calls for an end to Gaza conflict
Pope Francis has appealed for an end to the conflict in Gaza, urging the world to say: “Enough please! Stop.”
Addressing believers in St Pete’s Square in Vatican City, the pope expressed concern over the consequences of the conflict on children and asked for the release of all the captives taken during Hamas’s raid on October 7.
“Each day, I carry in my heart with pain the suffering of the populations in Palestine and Israel due to the ongoing hostilities, thousands of dead, injured, displaced,” Francis said.
“Do you really think you can build a better world in this way? Do you really think you will achieve peace? Enough please! Let us all say enough please! Stop!"
A boy waits for customers in front of a building destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on Sunday.
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on Sunday
Before October last year, more than 750,000 people lived in Gaza City, in the north of the Gaza Strip
A Palestinian child walks amid the rubble of a house destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on Sunday
Since October, Gaza City, has faced bombardment and has been cut off from almost all sources of food, with many resorting to eating animal feed and reports of deaths from malnutrition
Timeline of Israeli attacks on aid convoys, aid seekers
Israeli forces have reportedly again fired on aid convoys on Sunday in Gaza City and Deir el-Balah.
Here is a list of some of the recent Israeli attacks on aid seekers and convoys:
March 3: At least nine people were killed in an Israeli strike on an aid distribution truck in Deir el-Balah, the Wafa news agency reports.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said there are dozens of casualties in a “horrific massacre” of aid-seekers near the Kuwaiti roundabout in Gaza City.
February 29: At least 112 Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded after Israeli troops opened fire on people waiting for food aid southwest of Gaza City.
February 26: Ten people were reportedly killed when Israeli forces shelled and fired on a crowd waiting for food aid trucks in Gaza City.
February 19: Israeli forces open fire at crowds looking to receive aid in Gaza City. The attack sent people fleeing and killed at least one person.
February 6 and 10: Eight people were reportedly killed in two separate Israeli attacks on police escorting aid convoys in Rafah.
Israeli air strike on home in Rafah kills 7: Wafa
An Israeli air strike on a home in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, has killed seven people, including women and children, the Wafa news agency reports. More people were injured and others remain missing following the strike on a home in the Khirbet Al-Adas area in the north of Rafah.
