The Palestinian militant group has condemned the alleged Israeli assault, calling it a “barbaric crime”
Gaza’s historical Omari Mosque has been bombarded by Israeli warplanes with the landmark web site sustaining widespread destruction.
Pictures being shared on social media and recognized by RT reporters in Gaza as being of the Omari Mosque confirmed huge injury to the constructing, with solely its historical stone minaret standing. The Nice Omari Mosque is taken into account one of the vital essential and oldest mosques in Palestine and the primary one to be constructed within the Gaza Strip.
Hamas reacted to the incident by calling it a “heinous, barbaric crime” as cited by Reuters, and urged the United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO) to guard historic buildings in Gaza.
It could not be the primary time civilian infrastructure, together with cultural and heritage websites, have been focused by Israeli Protection Forces as they perform retaliatory strikes.
The preventing started on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 folks. Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of utilizing civilian infrastructure, together with mosques and colleges, to cover its fighters.
🚨فيديو الاحتلال يدمر المسجد العمري الكبير ، وهو المسجد الأكبر والأقدم في مدينة غزة. pic.twitter.com/klOa7QKvW1
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One other place of worship, the Othman bin Qashqar Mosque in Gaza Metropolis, was hit by air raids on Thursday, Hamas mentioned. The group additionally condemned the destruction of the Hammam al-Samara, a 1,000-year previous Turkish-style bathtub within the territory.
The Palestine Ministry of Tradition mentioned Israeli warplanes had bombed eight museums because the starting of the battle, together with the Rafah Museum, Al-Qarara Museum and the Khan Yunis Museum, along with destroying most elements of Gaza’s Previous Metropolis, together with dozens of historic buildings.
Israel has additionally lowered 9 publishing homes and libraries to rubble and destroyed or partially broken a minimum of 21 cultural facilities. In its newest report, the NGO Heritage for Peace discovered that 104 out of 195 architectural heritage websites in Gaza have been broken or destroyed. Greater than 15,000 Palestinians have been killed in the course of the battle, in line with figures from Gaza well being officers thought of dependable by the United Nations, and far civilian infrastructure has been destroyed.
