Terzani Award, Gaza Journalists Appeal to Pope Leo XIV

And speaking of Vicino/lontano, this evening at the Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine the Terzani Award evening will be held, this year dedicated to the memory of the journalists of Gaza.

“What is happening to the nearly 2.4 million citizens of Gaza, without humanitarian aid for 70 days, is there for all to see,” recalled Al Jazeera Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, who lost his wife, three children and 10 other relatives in the conflict. This evening, the journalist, together with his colleague Safwat al Khalout, will receive the award that the Jury has decided to confer on the 214 journalists killed along the Strip.

"A great moral challenge is posed today to the European Union, in the name of its civilized values", recalled the head of the Al Jazeera correspondent bureau, who from the stage of the Teatrone will launch an appeal to Pope Leo XIV. "The new pontiff can do a lot - Wael Al-Dahdouh underlined - His voice and his intervention can have a very strong effect on governments around the world to influence the behavior of governments with concrete steps and in the meantime put an end to the war and the bombings".