Vatican City, 26 June (Reuters) –
Pope Leo said on Thursday that conflicts in the Middle East rages with unprecedented “diabol intensity” and referred to greater considerations about international law, in comments on the Catholic bishops and help agencies operating in the region.
At a Vatican meeting, he said that the country in the region was “destroyed by wars, looted with special interests and covered with a cloud of hatred, which makes the air incomprehensible and toxic”.
“Today it seems that the violent conflict is raging … with the diabolian intensity previously unknown,” he said, adding that the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza was “tragic and inhuman”.
Leo, elected on May 8, to replace the late Pope Francis, appealed to Israel last month to allow more humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Israel did not name his notes on Thursday.
The Pope born in the US also did not directly address the recent 12 -day war between Israel and Iran, who also saw that the United States bomb was suspicious Iranian nuclear facilities, but called on the country to prove better respect for international law.
“It is really desperate to see that the principle of” meat is remedied “, which prevails today in so many situations, all because of the legitimization of efforts in their own interest,” he said.
“It is worrying to see that the strength of international law and humanitarian law seems to be binding, replaced by alleged right to force others,” Leo added. (Reporting Joshua Mcelwee Editing by Gareth Jones)
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