Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and highest ranking prelate in the Holy Land, has said that he would be willing to exchange himself for Israeli children taken hostage by Hamas.
The Islamist group are believed to have taken 199 people, among whom a significant number are children, hostage after their latest assault on Israeli territory.
“If I’m available for an exchange? Anything, if this could bring about the freedom of children, no problem. My absolute willingness,” said the Cardinal in an interview.
