Gaza: 80% Infrastructure Destroyed, Thousands in Tents Nine Months After Ceasefire

Bishop William Shomali of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem reports that Gaza residents remain confined to 47% of their territory, with 80% of infrastructure destroyed, thousands living in tents, and over 1,000 killed since a ceasefire nominally took effect in October 2025. The ongoing devastation in the land of ancient Philistia — at the very epicentre of end-times conflict — mirrors the biblical pattern of unresolved strife in the land God covenanted to Israel, a strife Scripture indicates will intensify before Christ's return. Jesus warned in Matthew 24:6-8 that wars and rumours of wars, along with widespread suffering, would mark the beginning of birth pains preceding the end of the age.