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## Video: Pope Francis Meets With Relatives of Israeli Hostages and Palestinian Prisoners

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_Published 2023-11-22. Pope Francis met separately Wednesday with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel and begged for peace and an end to what he called terrorism and “the passions that are killing everyone.”_


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## Transcript

It was self-defense in order to protect our own. I'm not counting hostages being freed in this deal until I see them walk over the border and be embraced safely and then God willing these 50 hostages are released that still leaves another 190 hostages that need to be released. And in the meantime, we would like the International Red Cross or any other humanitarian Aid organization on planet Earth to go and see every single hostage and let us know. Are they alive have they been treated are they getting the care that they need and we feel that the Holy Father has the influence in the world to make those things happen and I felt very embraced by him this morning.

I felt very heard and respected. It was shorter than we wanted and it was painful for people who didn't get to speak but I felt his love and his support and I believe that he will do everything he can do to help us. Thank you for being I want to say thank you for his time. Even if brief for. For meeting us and listening to us, even the few person who spoke they delivered the message of our delegation and the message of the others who couldn't come all the way to Italy his time is precious and we are very grateful and thankful for him listening to us and we are sure that he has done things before the meeting and he is doing currently and he will do in the future things that will help us and our family.

We are all against the war. We do not want innocent to be injured or hurt. I'll be murdered in any side. annoying people die get from the mess it up. Cherokee from Gaza we were humbled by the visit to his home in this Pope Francis and his sympathy and understanding of the situation in Gaza. He started his meeting sharing with us his informed background. Especially the news updates that he gets in a regular basis, but shows you how humble is this Holy Father? From his Parish in Gaza Strip to you. Now, you won't really understand it unless you actually living it. Maybe it's easy to talk about it or see it on the on the TV or any channel but living that experience of walking be what's supposed to be a safe Corridor is not a safe Corridor.

Please always something you don't know you don't actually know where they are.

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