The Vatican reaffirmed Wednesday that
Israel's right to self-defence does not justify the "slaughter"
of innocent civilians in Gaza.
Reacting to the Israeli embassy's calling "deplorable" Vatican
Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin's Tuesday description
of the Israel reaction to the October 7 Hamas attack as
disproportionate, Vatican daily l'Osservatore Romano said in a
front-page editorial: "For the Holy See the choice of camp is
always that for the victims. And thus for the Israeli's
slaughtered in their homes in the kibbutzim while they were
preparing to celebrate the day of Simchat Torah, for the
hostages torn from their families, as for the innocent civilians
- a third of them children - killed by the bombing in Gaza".
The editorial of the Vatican organ continued: "No one can
describe what is happening in the Strip 'collateral damage' in
the fight against terrorism.
"The right to defence, Israel's right to bring to justice those
responsible for the October massacres, cannot justify this
slaughter".
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