Pope Leo XIV has condemned the Gaza war as “barbaric” after Israeli gunfire killed at least 93 Palestinians waiting for food aid. The UN and aid agencies also voiced alarm as civilian deaths continue to rise amid severe shortages and forced evacuations across the strip.

Pope Leo XIV slams the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza and urges for a "peaceful resolution of the conflict", just days after a deadly strike by Israel's military on a Catholic church. "I once again ask for an immediate end to the barbarity of the war,