Something noteworthy that some might not see.
From ANSA
Pizzaballa, mi offrirei in cambio dei bimbi rapiti da Hamas:
Pizzaballa, I would offer myself in exchange for the children kidnapped by Hamas:
“Absolutely yes”.
Thus the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, responded on the possibility of a “probably hypothetical” proposal of an exchange of prisoners between him and children held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
Thus Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, in an online meeting with a group of journalists responded to a question about whether he is ready to offer himself for an exchange to free the children hostages in the hands of Hamas. Regarding the Holy See’s offer of mediation, he further said, “we have given our availability at least to try to bring back the hostages, at least some of them, this is what we are trying to do. It is very difficult because for mediation you need to have interlocutors And right now we can’t talk to Hamas.”
Regarding fears about the consequences of Israel’s possible land invasion in the Gaza Strip, Card. Pizzaballa replied: “My fears are essentially two: the first is, following the ground operation, I don’t know what it’s called, the much more serious humanitarian crisis that will be created. This is the first fear, because undoubtedly there will be many victims.” “And the other fear – he added – is that this conflict will become a regional conflict, which includes not only Gaza or possibly the West Bank, but also Lebanon, then the Islamic world could ignite, all the Arab countries: I don’t know , it is very difficult to predict developments, but the fears of regional expansion are real, and I’m not the only one who says so.”
