Another Mosque Destroyed as Death Toll in Gaza Exceeds 5,000
This brought the total number of destroyed mosques in the territory to 32 since Oct. 7, the Interior Ministry in the blockaded enclave said.
An airstrike targeted Al-Noor Al-Mohammedi Mosque in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood north of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement.
Several Palestinians were injured in the attack.
According to the ministry, at least 32 mosques have been destroyed in the ongoing Israeli airstrikes in Gaza since Oct. 7.
The conflict in Gaza, which has been under Israeli bombardment and a blockade since Oct. 7, began when the Hamas resistance movement initiated Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, a multi-pronged surprise attack that included a barrage of rocket launches and infiltrations into occupied territories by land, sea and air.
The movement said the operation was in retaliation for the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and growing violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians.
The Israeli military then launched its airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
As of Monday, the number of Palestinians, mostly women and children, killed in the Zionist regime’s attacks, have exceeded 5,080.
Source: Anadolu Agency
