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Pope calls for stop to Mideast hostilities

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13-07-2014 | 09:48

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Pope Francis on Sunday (July 13) called for an end to the flare-up of hostility between Palestinians and Israelis, urging leaders to listen to the call of the people who want peace.

Francis, who hosted a prayer meeting between the Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Vatican last month, asked the world to pray so that the two leaders would not have met in vain.

Speaking to pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square, after the traditional Sunday Angelus Prayer and Blessing the Pope asked for everyone's prayers.

"I extend a heartfelt appeal to all of you to continue to pray earnestly for peace in the Holy Land, in the light of the tragic events of recent days," he said.

"I urge all the parties concerned and those who have political responsibilities at local and international levels not to spare prayers and not to spare any effort to put an end to all hostilities and try to put an end to all hostilities and to follow the path of peace, which is so desired for the good of all," Francis added.

Francis, who visited the Holy Land last April, led the crowd of tens of thousands in a prayer asking God "to listen to the cry of our people to transform our weapons into instruments of peace, our fears into trust and our tensions into forgiveness".

On Saturday (July 12), an Israeli air strike on the home of Gaza's police chief killed 18 people and Hamas fired the largest salvo of rockets yet on Tel Aviv since the start of the Jewish state's offensive in the Palestinian enclave. Israel's offensive has killed at least 160 people Tuesday, according to Palestinian officials.

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