A mosque's minaret destroyed by Israeli shelling in Nousseirat in the central Gaza Strip, July 17, 2024. (Credit: AFP)
On Aug. 23, Al Jazeera broadcast new footage showing Israeli soldiers tearing pages from the Quran and tossing them into a fire set inside the Bani Saleh mosque in northern Gaza.The footage, reportedly obtained from cameras attached to the soldiers’ gear, was widely circulated on social media, particularly by Hamas, which called on Arab and Muslim countries and organizations to condemn these actions. “The burning of Quran copies, the desecration and destruction of mosques confirm the extremist nature of this entity and its criminal soldiers filled with hate, as well as their fascist behavior against everything related to the identity and sacred values of our nation,” declared Hamas in a statement posted on Telegram the same day. Read also What we know about Israel’s Glilot and Ein Shemer bases So far, there has been no response from...
On Aug. 23, Al Jazeera broadcast new footage showing Israeli soldiers tearing pages from the Quran and tossing them into a fire set inside the Bani Saleh mosque in northern Gaza.The footage, reportedly obtained from cameras attached to the soldiers’ gear, was widely circulated on social media, particularly by Hamas, which called on Arab and Muslim countries and organizations to condemn these actions. “The burning of Quran copies, the desecration and destruction of mosques confirm the extremist nature of this entity and its criminal soldiers filled with hate, as well as their fascist behavior against everything related to the identity and sacred values of our nation,” declared Hamas in a statement posted on Telegram the same day. Read also What we know about Israel’s Glilot and Ein Shemer bases So far, there has been no...
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