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Pope Francis met separately Wednesday with relatives of Israeli hostages in Gaza and Palestinian prisoners in Israel and begged for peace and an end to what he called terrorism and “the passions that are killing everyone.”

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00:10 >> I'm not counting hostages being freed in this deal until I see them walk
00:24 over the border and be embraced safely.
00:28 And then, God willing, these 50 hostages are released,
00:32 that still leaves another 190 hostages that need to be released.
00:39 And in the meantime, we would like the International Red Cross or
00:43 any other humanitarian aid organization on planet Earth to go and
00:48 see every single hostage and let us know, are they alive?
00:55 Have they been treated?
00:56 Are they getting the care that they need?
00:59 And we feel that the Holy Father has the influence in the world
01:04 to make those things happen.
01:06 And I felt very embraced by him this morning.
01:10 I felt very heard and respected.
01:13 It was shorter than we wanted, and it was painful for
01:17 people who didn't get to speak.
01:19 But I felt his love and his support.
01:23 And I believe that he will do everything he can do to help us.
01:27 [BLANK_AUDIO]
01:29 >> Thank you for being here.
01:30 >> I want to say thank you for his time, even if brief,
01:35 for meeting us and listening to us.
01:40 Even the few person who spoke,
01:43 they delivered the message of our delegation.
01:48 And the message of the others who couldn't come all the way to Italy.
01:54 His time is precious.
01:56 And we are very grateful and thankful for him listening to us.
02:01 And we are sure that he has done things before the meeting and
02:06 he is doing currently.
02:07 And he will do in the future things that will help us and our families.
02:13 We are all against the war.
02:17 We do not want innocent to be injured or
02:22 hurt or be murdered in any side.
02:26 [BLANK_AUDIO]
02:36 [FOREIGN]
02:46 [BLANK_AUDIO]
02:56 >> Directly from Gaza.
03:01 >> We were humbled by the visit to His Holiness Pope Francis and
03:06 his sympathy and understanding of the situation in Gaza.
03:13 He started his meeting sharing with us his well-informed background.
03:20 Especially the news updates that he gets in a regular basis,
03:25 which shows you how humble is this Holy Father from his parish in Gaza Strip.
03:32 >> It's an experience that even if we talk about it to you now,
03:36 you won't really understand it unless you're actually living it.
03:42 Maybe it's easy to talk about it or you can see it on the TV or any channel.
03:48 But living that experience of walking the, what's supposed to be a safe corridor,
03:54 is not a safe corridor, cuz you're walking while bombs are always
03:59 sounding, you don't actually know where they are.
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