Pope Francis condemned the "serious humanitarian situation in Gaza" on Sunday.
In a short speech after the Angelis prayer, he expressed his sorrow over the attacks on a hospital and a church in the Strip, calling for the continued "delivery of humanitarian aid."
"I repeat my call for the continued flow of humanitarian aid. War is always a defeat. It is the destruction of human brotherhood. Brothers, stop," Pope Francis added.
Moreover, he stressed that no effort should be spared to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza after a hospital there was bombed.