Gaza, Pizzaballa: “Agreement gives confidence on the road to peace”

Milan, Oct. 9 (LaPresse) – “Undoubtedly, this is good news. The road to peace is long, but one has to start somehow. These gestures, especially the release of hostages and prisoners, the partial, at least initial, withdrawal of the Israeli army, give the necessary confidence to continue,” said the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in remarks to Sir about the agreement signed between Israel and Hamas. “This first phase will open up others and create a new climate that will also help with the distribution of aid. Returning to normality, to ordinary life, is not yet possible because the situation is disastrous, but it is necessary to start rethinking it,” Pizzaballa added.