Reuters reporters from Gaza identified the minaret in the photo as that of the Omari Mosque.
Hamas said today that Israel bombed Gaza’s medieval Omar Mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in the Gaza Strip, causing widespread damage to the building, with the Palestinian movement calling it a “heinous, barbaric crime”.
Photos released by Hamas media in Gaza that Reuters could not immediately verify show extensive damage to the mosque, with collapsed walls and roofs and a huge crack at the bottom of the stone minaret.
The Israeli military bombed the oldest and largest mosque in the Gaza Strip.
The Great Omari Mosque is a historical monument which was built between 5 and 7 AD.
They are annihilating Gaza, its people abd its history. pic.twitter.com/hagRpUw8no
— Marwa Fatafta مروة فطافطة (@marwasf) December 8, 2023
Reuters reporters from Gaza identified the minaret in the photo as that of the Omari Mosque.
And the Al Jazeera news network has verified that the photos are of the mosque.
An Israeli military spokesman did not respond to a request for comment on the damage to the mosque.
The Omar Mosque is named after the second caliph of Islam, Omar.
Source :Skai
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