Israeli military says it has intelligence indicating that ‘bodies of hostages may be held’ inside hospital
Israel has formally complained to the Vatican after its number two spoke of the “carnage” in Gaza by what he termed a disproportionate Israeli military operation after the 7 October Hamas attacks. The Israeli embassy to the Holy See called the comments by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, “deplorable.” In a statement on Wednesday, the embassy said he hadn’t considered what it said were the relevant facts on which to judge the legitimacy of Israel’s actions.
Speaking on Monday at a reception, Parolin had condemned the 7 October attacks against Israel and all forms of antisemitism. But he questioned Israel’s claim to be acting in self-defence by inflicting “carnage” on Gaza. “Israel’s right to self-defence has been invoked to justify that this operation is proportional, but with 30,000 dead, it’s not,” he said. In its statement, the Israeli embassy accused Hamas of turning the Gaza Strip into “the biggest terrorist base ever seen.
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