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ROME — Pope Francis has suggested the global community should study whether Israel 's military campaign in Gaza constitutes a genocide of the Palestinian people, in some of his most explicit criticism yet of Israel 's conduct in its year-long war.In excerpts published on Sunday from a new forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts say "what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide.
The court has not yet ruled on the core of the case - whether genocide has occurred in Gaza.Francis, leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church, is usually careful not to take sides in international conflicts, and to stress de-escalation. But he has stepped up his criticism of Israel's conduct in its war against Hamas recently.In September, he decried the deaths of Palestinian children in Israeli strikes in Gaza.
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