In an unusually fast reaction after Israel's attack on Qatar, Pope Leon warns: “There's a very serious news at this time.”

Pope Leon XIV, who usually refers to speak spontaneously, expressed his unusually strong concern on Tuesday about the consequences of Israel's attack on Qatar, Reuters reports.

“There is a very serious news at the moment: the attack of Israel on some Hamas leaders in Qatar,” the Sovereign Pontiff told journalists in front of his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo.

“The whole situation is very serious,” said Pope Leon. “We do not know how things will evolve. It is really serious,” added the Pontiff.

Leon, the first American pope, tended to adopt a more moderate diplomatic approach than his predecessor, Pope Francis. Leon usually retains the prudent diplomatic language of the Vatican, but has intensified the criticisms of the Military Campaign of Israel in the Gaza strip.

The pope met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the Vatican last week, after which the Vatican announced that Leon had lamented the “Tragic situation in Gaza” in discussions with Herzog.

Leon made the statements on Tuesday after finding out that Israel launched a powerful attack in Doha, who, according to him, targeted on the top leaders of Hamas, including Khalil Al-Hayya, the Gaza chief of the militant group, who lives in exile and is the main negotiator.

“We must continue to work and insist on peace,” the Pope of the Journalists, who also asked for comments about the situation in the Gaza strip.

Leon also said he tried to call the pastor of the only Catholic church in Gaza, the reverend Gabriel Romanelli, who frequently spoke with Francis.

The Vatican did not specify previously if Leon spoke personally with Romanelli. The pastor did not respond to a request sent by Reuters earlier this week to send a reaction.

Pope Leon spent his day on Tuesday at Castel Gandolfo, about an hour's car to the south of Rome, and returned to the Vatican during the afternoon.