"Deeply concerned about the terrible human cost"/GettyImages, WPA Pool
A rare statement by
Prince William
during a visit to the British Red Cross headquarters in London, on the subject of war and the peace crisis in the Middle East, led him to make the first statements regarding the current situation alongside the ongoing war in Gaza.
These statements are a rarity among members of the royal family who make very few public comments on such controversial issues.
The British heir to the throne said that "too many have been killed" in the Israel-Hamas war and called for an end to the fighting as soon as possible. "I am very concerned about the terrible human cost of the conflict in the Middle East since the terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7," he claimed.
The statement in question was released after it emerged that Prince William was to make a series of engagements to highlight the plight of all those affected by the ongoing conflict.
"I hold on to the hope that a brighter future can be found and I refuse to give up on that," he said, adding: "I, like many others, want to see an end to the fighting as soon as possible. There is a desperate need for increased humanitarian support for Gaza. It is critical that aid comes in and the abductees are released." .
The schedule of the Prince of Wales is going to be filled in the coming days with meetings with charitable organizations in the United Kingdom that provide humanitarian support in the region and he will hear about the conditions faced by the workers in the field. He will also join a conversation in a synagogue with young people from a wide variety of communities to acknowledge the rise of anti-Semitism around the world. He ended his surprising statement In a few words for peace: "Sometimes only when faced with an enormous scale of human suffering, the importance of permanent peace is brought home.
Even in the darkest hour, we must not give in to despair."
Last October, Prince William made what appeared to be an unexpected intervention when Kensington Palace released a statement expressing his and his wife Kate Middleton's deep distress at the devastating events unfolding in our region.
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