The Vatican’s top diplomat discussed the latest situation in Gaza with his Iranian counterpart, the Vatican Press Office announced on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. During the phone call with Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, which was requested by the Iranian side, Vatican Foreign Affairs Secretary, Paul Richard Gallagher, expressed the Vatican’s “serious concern about what is happening in Israel and Palestine and reiterated the absolute necessity to avoid escalating the conflict,” the office said. In addition, Gallagher reaffirmed the Vatican’s commitment to achieve a two-state solution for a stable and lasting peace in the Mideast. The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October has risen to 8,306, the Health Ministry in the besieged Palestinian enclave said […]