Cardinal Pizzaballa: Gaza in Ruins, Children Bitten by Rats as War Grinds On

The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pizzaballa, visited Gaza on June 22–23 and described cities razed to the ground, displaced families living beside sewage, and children being bitten by rats, warning the world not to abandon the Holy Land. The ongoing devastation of Gaza and the fracturing of Israeli society — including the rising influence of hardline religious nationalists — reflect the intensifying pressure on the land at the centre of biblical prophecy. Jesus warned that Jerusalem would be 'surrounded by armies' and that the Holy Land would face unparalleled tribulation in the last days, and the current humanitarian and geopolitical collapse aligns with those prophetic warnings.