Gaza is bleeding under weight of a ‘merciless assault,’ says Jerusalem Patriarch Theophilos

Gaza is “a land pierced by the wounds of war, where the innocent bleed beneath the weight of a merciless assault,” Theophilos III, Jerusalem’s Greek Orthodox patriarch, has told a joint press conference with his Catholic counterpart, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, upon their return to Jerusalem from the embattled territory.