INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Pope Francis on Wednesday met separately with Israeli relatives of hostages held by Hamas and Palestinians with family in Gaza and said the
But here we have gone beyond wars
conference later on Wednesday.During the general audience, a group of Palestinians in the crowd held up pictures of bodies wrapped in white
to a ceasefire in Gaza for at least four days to allow in aid and release at least 50 hostages captured by militants in exchange for at
least 150 Palestinians jailed in Israel.Israel has placed Gaza under siege and relentless bombardment since Hamas militants attacked
southern Israeli towns on Oct
7, killing 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking around 240 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.Since then, more than 14,000 Gazans
have been killed, about 40% of them children, according to medical officials in the Hamas-ruled territory, figures deemed reliable by the
