Displaced Palestinians look at smoke billowing amid Israeli strikes on central Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025. (Credit: AFP)
The Roman Catholic church's most senior cleric in the Holy Land said Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was "morally unacceptable," after visiting the war-torn Palestinian territory.
"We have seen men holding out in the sun for hours in the hope of a simple meal," Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told a news conference.
"It's morally unacceptable and unjustified," he added.
The Roman Catholic church's most senior cleric in the Holy Land said Tuesday that the humanitarian situation in Gaza was "morally unacceptable," after visiting the war-torn Palestinian territory.
"We have seen men holding out in the sun for hours in the hope of a simple meal," Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told a news conference.
"It's morally unacceptable and unjustified," he added.
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