Pope Francis suggests Israel’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon are disproportionate and immoral

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Pope Francis suggests *******’s actions in Gaza and Lebanon are disproportionate and immoral

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis suggested Sunday that *******’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, saying its military domination has gone beyond the rules of war.

Francis was asked en route home from Belgium about *******’s targeted ******** of one of Hezbollah’s founding members,

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. Friday’s strike in Beirut targeted an area greater than a city block and reduced several residential buildings to rubble, and at least six other deaths have been confirmed.

Francis didn’t mention ******* by name and said he was speaking in general terms. But he said that “the defense must always be proportionate to the *******.”

“When there is something disproportionate, there is a dominating tendency that goes beyond morality,” he said. “A country that does these things — and I’m talking about any country — in a superlative way, these are immoral actions.”

He said that even if war itself is immoral, there are rules that “indicate some morality.”

“But when you don’t do this … you see the bad blood of these things,” he said.

The ****** of Nasrallah has sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East, where he has been a dominant political and military figure for more than three decades.

U.S. President Joe Biden said the ******** strike was a “measure of justice” for victims of Hezbollah’s “reign of *******.”

Francis has tried to strike a balance in his comments on the Oct. 7 ****** ******* on ******* and the conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon that have ensued. He has called for an immediate cease-*****, for the release of hostages taken by ****** and for humanitarian aid to get to Gaza.

Francis repeated that he calls the ********* parish in Gaza every day to see how they are doing.

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