"Israeli Embassy Protests Vatican's Gaza 'Carnage' Denouncement"

Israel has lodged a formal complaint after Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, criticized the Israeli military operation in Gaza as "carnage" and disproportionate following the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See called Parolin's comments "regrettable" and accused him of not considering relevant facts. The Vatican has stood by its position, with the Vatican newspaper's editorial director doubling down on the criticism and quoting a Holocaust survivor critical of Israel's response.