A new hospital is to be built in Gaza under a joint initiative backed by the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and the Italian Episcopal Conference, as the devastating war between Hamas and Israel appears to finally have a chance of being replaced by a long-term ceasefire and maybe even by peace.
The announcement was made by Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, and by Archbishop Giuseppe Baturi, Secretary General of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI). The project, unveiled during the archbishop’s recent visit to the Holy Land, is intended to respond directly to the worsening humanitarian and health crisis in the territory.
