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VATICAN CITY, Holy See– The head of the World Jewish Congress met with Pope Francis on Thursday, asking the leader of the Catholic Church to help secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

VATICAN CITY, Holy See– The head of the World Jewish Congress met with Pope Francis on Thursday, asking the leader of the Catholic Church to help secure the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.

The audience between WJC President Ronald Lauder and Francis, 86, came as Israel revised up to 203 the number of Israeli and foreign hostages held by Hamas, amid the escalating war in Gaza. In Gaza, more than 3,785 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Israeli retaliatory strikes, according to the Hamas-controlled health ministry, with entire city blocks levelled, water, food and power cut off and more than one million displaced.

 

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