
A cewar Rossiya Al-Youm, daya daga cikin kofar Masallacin Al-Omari da ke birnin Gaza ya ruguje saboda ruwan sama kamar da bakin kwarya.
A safiyar ranar 8 ga Disamba, 2024, gwamnatin haramtacciyar kasar Isra'ila ta kai harin bam a Masallacin Al-Omari, masallaci na uku mafi girma a Falasdinu bayan Masallacin Al-Aqsa da ke Kudus da kuma Masallacin Ahmed Pasha Al-Jazzar da ke Acre. Masallacin ana daukarsa daya daga cikin tsofaffin wuraren ibada a duniya.
Masallacin Al-Omari shi ne masallaci mafi dadewa a Gaza. Masallacin wanda ke tsakiyar tsohon birnin, kusa da wata shahararriyar kasuwa, yana da fadin fili kimanin murabba'in murabba'i 1,600, wanda ya hada da murabba'in murabba'in murabba'in 410 na dakin salla da murabba'in murabba'in mita 1,190 na babban filinsa, wanda ya taba daukar dubban masu ibada.
Masallacin yana tsaye ne a kan ginshiƙan marmara 38 masu ƙarfi, wanda ke nuna daɗaɗɗen tsarin gine-ginen, wanda ya sa ya zama babban zanen gine-ginen da ake yadawa daga tsara zuwa tsara.
An sanya wa masallacin sunan Khalifan musulmi Umar bn al-Khattab, masallacin Umar. Ana kuma kiransa da babban masallacin juma'a domin shi ne masallaci mafi girma a Gaza. Masallacin ya samo asali ne tun kafin zamanin Kiristanci, lokacin da tsohon haikali ne har sai da Rumawa suka mai da shi coci a karni na 5 miladiyya. Bayan yakar Musulunci a karni na 7 miladiyya, musulmi sun sake gina shi a matsayin masallaci, har sai da minararsa ta rushe a girgizar kasa a shekara ta 1033 miladiyya. A shekara ta 1149 'yan Salibiyya sun mayar da masallacin zuwa coci, amma Ayyubid sun sake kwace shi tare da sake gina shi bayan yakin Hattin a shekara ta 1187.
A karni na 13, Mamluk suka gyara masallacin har zuwa lokacin da Mongol suka lalata shi a shekara ta 1260. Amma ba da dadewa ba musulmi suka sake kwace shi, suka sake gina shi.
An sake ruguza masallacin sakamakon girgizar kasa da ta afku a yankin a karshen karni na 13.
A karni na 15, Daular Usmaniyya ta mayar da ita bayan wata girgizar kasa, amma harin bam na Burtaniya ya sake lalata ta a lokacin yakin duniya na daya.
A shekara ta 1925 ne majalisar koli ta musulunci ta mayar da wurin wata cibiya mai tarihi a rayuwar al'ummar Gaza har zuwa lokacin da sojojin Isra'ila suka kai mata hari a baya-bayan nan.