Ten Palestinians have been shot dead in another attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank
The Pope has called for "an end to violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank" and urgently called on the international community "to advance the two-state solution for a just and lasting peace."
House of a Palestinian family in Qusra, occupied by Israeli settlers and the army.
Israeli settlers have wounded Palestinians, two of them by gunfire, in a new attack this Sunday in the city of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Red Crescent reported.
According to the humanitarian organization,the two gunmen have been treated at the scene, along with eight others who have been beaten, including a 66-year-old Palestinian woman.
"One of the victims, a 60-year-old man, was shot in the back and hand. A second man, 46, was also shot before being arrested by the Israeli army, "the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
This new attack on the Palestinian population in the West Bank comes as international condemnation sounds louder and louder. More than 20 countries have called for sanctions against settlers and have singled out the Israeli army for its permissiveness to them or for the help it provides.
Today, for example, in the village ofQusra (governorate of Nablus), for the seventh consecutive day , a Palestinian family remains under siege surrounded by Jewish settlers.
Pope calls for an end to violence against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank
In this context, the Holy See has called for "an end to violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank" and urged the international community "urgently" to "advance the two-state solution for a just and lasting peace."
During the prayer of the Angelus in the Liberty Square of Castel Gandolfo, where he makes his summer stay, he made these statements.
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