Israel’s actions in Gaza are “inexcusable”, according to the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
He visited Gaza on Friday, the day after the tank attack on the only Catholic church in the region, the Parish of the Holy Family. The explosion killed three people and injured several others, including the pastor, Father Gabriel Romanelli.
Speaking to Vatican Media, Pizzaballa said the images of the attacked church—and of Gaza itself—that stayed with him compared to previous visits “are those of the vast expanses of tents that weren’t there before”.
