(29 Sep 2024)
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In Air – 29 September 2024
1. Pope Francis walking to back of plane to speak to journalists
2. Francis sitting down
3. Francis listening to question about Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and covering his face with hand
4. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Pope Francis:
“Defence always has to be proportionate to the attack. When there is something disproportionate you can see a tendency to dominate that goes beyond morality. A country that with its force does these things – any country I mean – that does these things in such an exaggerated way, they are immoral actions. Even in war there is a morality to respect. War is immoral but the rules of war indicate some morality.”
5. Francis seated in aisle listening to question
6. Francis returning to front of plane
STORYLINE:
Pope Francis suggested Sunday that Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Lebanon have been “immoral” and disproportionate, saying its military domination has gone beyond the rules of war.
Francis was asked on his way home from Belgium about Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Friday’s strike in Beirut targeted an area greater than a city block, reduced several residential buildings to rubble, and killed at least six other people.
Francis didn’t mention Israel by name and said he was speaking in general terms. But he said "defence always has to be proportionate to the attack."
"When there is something disproportionate you can see a tendency to dominate that goes beyond morality,” he said. "A country that with its force does these things – any country I mean – that does these things in such an exaggerated way, they are immoral actions."
He said that even if war itself is immoral, there are rules that “indicate some morality.”
The death of Nasrallah has sent shockwaves throughout Lebanon and the Middle East, where he has been a dominant political and military figure for more than three decades.
U.S. President Joe Biden said the Israeli strike was a “measure of justice” for victims of Hezbollah’s “reign of terror.”
Francis has tried to strike a balance in his comments on the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the conflicts in Gaza and southern Lebanon that have ensued. He has called for an immediate cease-fire, for the release of hostages taken by Hamas and for humanitarian aid to get to Gaza.
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