Foreign Ministry Director General Eden Bar Tal summoned the Vatican Ambassador to Israel, Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, for talks following Pope Francis' harsh statements against Israel. The conversation took place in accordance with the instructions of Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, and in which the Director General expressed Israel's displeasure with the Pope's statements, who this week accused Israel of "spraying children with machine guns and bombing schools and hospitals" in the Gaza Strip.