Israel summoned the Vatican envoy to discuss Pope Francis' comments on Gaza airstrikes. The Pope described the airstrikes as cruel and urged for a Christmas ceasefire, which Israel criticised as ignoring Hamas' role in the conflict,

THe International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations protesting his repeated unbalanced criticism of Irael. Your Holiness, We write to you as representatives of the International Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC),

This is cruelty, this is not war,” the pope told members of the government of the Holy See. After his Saturday comments, Israel's foreign mini

For the second time in the last couple of days, Pope Francis condemned Israel s actions in Gaza during his official remarks

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday killed at least 22 people, including five children, Palestinian medical officials said.

Pope Francis doubled down Sunday on his condemnation of Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip, denouncing their "cruelty" for the second time in as many days despite Israel accusing him of "double standards".