Person who wrote that article has supposedly admitted he didn't quote the Pope properly and Vatican has gone on record disputing the interviewer's statements btw.
Here's a more recent stream. Looks like tear gas was deployed at some point.
Rules are Rules
16 However, in the cities of the nations the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. 17 Completely destroy[a] them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has commanded you. 18 Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things they do in worshiping their gods, and you will sin against the Lord your God.