Israeli airstrike on Gaza mosque injures civilians in Nuseirat camp
ISTANBUL: Several Palestinians were injured on Tuesday when Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Faraj Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, destroying it completely, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
The Israeli airstrike caused injuries to a large number of civilians, eyewitnesses told Anadolu.
They added that the injured were taken to Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat but did not provide any additional information.
Since the beginning of the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza on Oct 7, 2023, Israel has continued to target houses of worship in the Strip, particularly mosques and churches.
The Israeli army had destroyed 1,109 out of 1,244 mosques either fully or partially, the Endowments and Religious Affairs Ministry in Gaza announced in February.
The Israeli army renewed its assault on Gaza on March 18, shattering a Jan 19 ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with the resistance group Hamas.
More than 52,300 Palestinians, most of them women and children, have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023.
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