The late Pope Francis donated one of his potemobiles to be converted into a mobile health unit to serve Gaza children, officials from the charitable organization said.
The branches of Jerusalem and Sweden from the Vatican Caritas Charitable Federation published photos of the reused vehicle on Monday.
There was no word at the moment when the vehicle could be used.
The donation was announced the same day that Israel approved its intention to grasp the entire Gaza Strip and stay on Palestinian territory for an unpertified period.
“When the Gaza humanitarian corridor will reopen, he (the Popemobile) will be ready to give primary health care to children in Gaza,” Caritas Jerusalem said in a statement.
The vehicle will be equipped with diagnostic, examination and processing equipment.
Caritas said he would have test equipment, suture kits, syringes and needles, oxygen diet, vaccines and refrigerator.
“This vehicle represents the love, care and proximity shown by his holiness for the most vulnerable, which he expressed throughout the crisis,” said Caritas General Jerusalem, Anton Asfar, in a press release.
During the War of Israel in Gaza, Pope Francis became more and more frank in his criticism of the difficult tactics of Tsahal while demanding the return of the hostages taken by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
Last year, he urged an investigation into the question of whether the War of Israel in the enclave was equivalent to a genocide, an accusation of Israel vehemently denied.
He spoke several times about the fate of the people of Gaza and had a night ritual which he even maintained while he was in the hospital in February with pneumonia: he called the only Catholic church in the strip to see how people were huddled inside.
Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88.
