Pope calls President Erdogan of Turkey to discuss the war in Gaza
RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Pope has also called President Erdoğan of Turkey to discuss the situation in Israel and Gaza.
The Vatican’s press secretary said the Pope re-iterated the Vatican’s position for a two-state solution and hoped for a special statute for the city of Jerusalem.
The Turkish government said the President expressed great concern to the Pope about what is happening in Gaza.
This is while the war in the Middle East has entered its 21st day. UN says aid is ‘barely trickling’ into Gaza as EU joins calls for pauses in the shelling of Gaza to allow aid through.
The Gaza health ministry says more than 7,000 people have been killed.
A Hamas delegation travelled to Moscow for talks on hostages in Gaza, now put at 224.
Israeli tanks and armoured bulldozers took part in an overnight ground raid as “preparation for the next stages of combat”