The call was released in excerpts published on Sunday from an upcoming new book ahead of Pope Francis's jubilee year.
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00:00Pope Francis has called for a probe into whether Israel's attacks in Gaza amount to genocide,
00:07according to excerpts from an upcoming book being released on Tuesday and based on interviews
00:12with the Pope.
00:13This is his first open call for such investigations.
00:17Israel has continuously denied any accusation of genocide.
00:20On Sunday, the Pope also addressed St. Peter's Square on the World Day of the Poor.
00:26In northern Gaza, a strike on a residential building in Beit Laya killed at least 72
00:43people and wounded dozens, according to Palestinian health officials.
00:48Strikes also killed 10 in Nuzirat and Burej refugee camps and two on Gaza's main highway,
00:54according to Al-Aqsa Martyr Hospital.
00:56The latest killings has brought the Palestinian death toll to over 43,800 Palestinians, according
01:04to health officials, over half being women and children.