He Pope Francisco At the end of the Sunday Angelus, he strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on Israel and expressed his pain for what is happening in Israel. Her prayer was directed to the families of the victims and those living through hours of terror and anguish in the Middle East.
While Francis made no explicit reference to the Palestinian group Hamas or the Gaza Strip spoke of terrorism and war: “May there be peace in Israel and Palestine!”, because “every war is a defeat” were his words and his request from the window of the library of the Apostolic Palace in front of 25 thousand faithful and pilgrims who very Moved, they prayed alongside the Pontiff on a hot noon in St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican.
“I continue with fear and pain what is happening in Israel, where violence broke out very quickly, causing hundreds of deaths and injuries,” he expressed.
And finally, directing his thoughts to all the countries in conflict, he recalled the “very tortured Ukraine that suffers a lot every day“, without forgetting the war between Russia and Ukraine that has been fought for 20 months at the gates of Europe. War conflict in which the Pope carries out a Peace mission to find a channel of dialogue between Kiev and Moscow.
Strong security operation in Rome
In the Italian capital and the Vatican there are many points considered sensitive Israeli objectives, which is why reinforced security measures in the area of the “Jewish Ghetto”, one of the oldest Jewish neighborhoods in Europe that was born in the 1500s when Jews were forced to live separately from the city.
A large operation was also mounted at the Synagogue, where tomorrow, October 9, 41 years of the terrorist attack carried out by Palestinians will be commemorated, which caused the death of 1 2-year-old child and 37 people were seriously injured.
In addition, security was reinforced in the Israeli Embassies in Italy and before the Holy Seeas well as in other diplomatic residences in the community.
The headquarters of the Israeli flag airline “EL AL” located in the same building as the Argentine Consulate in Rome also saw its security increased due to a possible risk of attack.
Vertex of the Italian Government
All European embassies are on alert after the unprecedented terrorist attack by Hamas in Israel.
In Palazzo Chigi – headquarters of the Italian government – a meeting was urgently convened chaired by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, together with the ministers of Foreign Affairs, Security, the Interior and the Head of the Secret Services and Intelligence to delve deeper into what happened in the last hours.
In this unexpected context, particular attention of the Executive He set about reinforcing the security of the Jewish community present in Italian territory.
“Israel was the target of a brutal military terrorist attack and we uphold its right to defend itself,” said Meloni, who condemned with the utmost firmness the violence against innocent civilians. “terror will never prevail” remarked the Italian Premier, who remains in close contact with European institutions and international allies.
Source: Ambito
