Israel is rejecting a new United Nations report on the early months of the war in Gaza that says 70% of those killed were women and children. Meanwhile, Israel is warning its citizens to avoid overseas sporting events after a reported antisemitic attack on fans in Amsterdam last week. NBC’s Raf Sanchez reports for TODAY.
Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel’s military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel’s conduct in its year-long war. In excerpts published on Sunday from a forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts say that “what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide.
“Any attempt to call it by any other name is singling out the Jewish state,” he posted on social media. The Vatican did not offer comment about Francis’ most recent remarks, but its news website reported on Sunday about the book excerpts, including the genocide comment. Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation.
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