Israel’s actions in Gaza are not ‘proportionate’, says Vatican

The Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin offered "clear and unreserved condemnation of what happened on October 7", but called for "Israel’s right to defence to be proportionate".

"It certainly isn’t with 30,000 dead,” Parolin said. “The voice of those asking Israel to stop is a general voice, [saying] that they can’t continue like this and we must find other paths to solve the Gaza problem."