ROME – The Palestinian Ambassador to the Holy See met with the Vatican’s Secretary for Relations with States on 26 Feb. to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza, stressing the need for immediate humanitarian assistance and calling for a ceasefire ahead of the holiest days on the Christian and Muslim calendars.
“There is a real crisis in Gaza with regard to the famine and (there is) no food, no water, no medicines, no hospitals, no schools…the children, the mothers, and the elderly are the ones who are highly paying the price,” Issa Kassissieh told British Archbishop Paul Gallagher.
