Gaza: Pope Leo XIV expresses “his deep solidarity” and denounces the forced displacement of the Palestinians

The Palestinian people continue “surviving in unacceptable conditions, forced once again by force to leave their land,” denounced on Wednesday, September 17, Pope Leo XIV after a great Israeli military offensive that accelerates the flight of the inhabitants of Gaza.

“I express my deep solidarity with the Palestinian people in Gaza, who continues to live with fear and survive in unacceptable conditions, forced once again by the force of leaving his land,” said the American Pope at the end of his weekly audience places Saint-Pierre, in the Vatican.

A call “to a high fire”

“Each person always has an inviolable dignity, which must be respected and protected,” he added when the Israeli army announced on Tuesday that he has launched an important land offensive in Gaza-Ville, largely sentenced abroad.

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The head of the Catholic Church has renewed his calls “to a high fire, the release of hostages, a negotiated diplomatic solution and full respect for international humanitarian law.”