Group: $40 million worth of damage to Gaza mosques, cemeteries

Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 29/08/2014 15:31 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel’s military offensive on the Gaza Strip caused $40.4 million worth of damages to religious sites and cemeteries in Gaza, the Palestinian Economic Council for Development and Reconstruction said Thursday.Over 73 mosques were completely destroyed, 205 partially destroyed, two churches damaged, and 10 cemeteries […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | 10 mosques bombed during Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

[ PIC 13/07/2014 – 05:46 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes bombed Farouq mosque in Nuseirat camp in Gaza Strip before dawn prayers on Saturday, which led to its complete destruction in addition to significant damage to the neighboring homes. Few days ago, 4 Palestinians were killed and 5 others were injured in an Israeli […]

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Israeli occupation installs security cameras in mosques and monasteries

[ PIC 23/04/2013 – 09:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli Interior Ministry decided to equip mosques and monasteries with security cameras under the pretext of preventing settlers’ vandalism and to control any “suspicious” Islamic or Christian activities. Security cameras will be installed in mosques and monasteries over the next few months. The cost […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | IOF destroys completely three mosques, damages 64 others during the aggression

[ PIC 29/11/2012 – 11:59 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in Gaza, Ismail Radwan, confirmed that the occupation destroyed completely three mosques during the recent aggression on the Gaza Strip, while more than 64 mosques were damaged, as well as targeting five cemeteries which led to scattering of the […]

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VIDEO | Gazans assess economic damage of Israel raids

Nov 26, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish Hamas has begun to survey the damage caused in Gaza by eight days of Israeli air raids. The total economic cost of the damage is estimated at $1.2bn. Damage to properties – 8,000 houses, 200 residential buildings, 43 government offices and three mosques – total $545m. Though Gaza’s factories were […]

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#Gaza | Israel destroys 2 mosques and partially damages 34 mosques during aggression

[ PIC 21/11/2012 – 03:27 PM ] GAZA, (PIC) — The Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs in Gaza stated that the Israeli occupation has targeted during its aggression on the Gaza Strip two mosques that were totally destroyed, and six cemeteries. The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that 34 mosques were also […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Minister: 25 mosques bombed in Gaza

Maan News Agency | Nov19, 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) –The minister of religious affairs in Gaza said Monday that Israel has damaged over 25 mosques in six days of heavy shelling across the enclave. “The occupation (Israel) in their aggression did not only commit crimes against civilians, as happened to Salah, al-Dalou, and Azzam families, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Awqaf Ministry condemns the bombing of two mosques in Khan Younis

[ PIC 08/10/2012 – 03:40 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Ismail Radwan, Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs, strongly condemned, the Israeli occupation forces’ targeting of two mosques east of Khan Yunis, causing serious damage. The Minister of Awqaf considered, in a statement issued on Monday, that the targeting of mosques as a serious indicator […]

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Israeli Eradication of History: Disappearing Mosques

A Palestinian man holds prayer beads as he stands near an Israeli border police officer outside a damaged mosque in West Bank village of Jaba near Ramallah 19 June 2012. (Photo: Reuters – Mohamad Torokman) By: Jonathan Cook Al Akhbar English | Published Monday, July 9, 2012 The discovery of a rare aerial photo of […]

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#PHOTOS | Mosque in Jebah West Bank attacked by extremist Jewish colonists

International Islamic News Agency | June 19, 2012 Jerusalem, 29 Rajab/19 June (IINA) – Unknown attackers attempted to torch a West Bank mosque and sprayed it with Hebrew-language graffiti early today, in an incident that bore the hallmark of extremist Jewish colonists. “In the middle of the night … somebody entered the mosque, broke the […]

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Israeli Settlers Pray in al-Nabi Younis Mosque

QATAR NEWS AGENCY FEB 28 2012 Ramallah, February 28 (QNA) – A large group of Israeli settlers stormed the al-Nabi Younis mosque in the town of Halhul, north of Hebron in the West Bank, on Tuesday and performed Jewish Talmudic prayers. Confrontations erupted between Palestinian youths and the settlers in the mosque under the protection […]

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Israeli Police Restrict Entry of Worshipers into Al-Aqsa Mosque

WAFA FEB 21 2012 JERUSALEM, February 21, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday imposed restrictions on entry of Palestinians under 40 years of age, including women, into the Old City of Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque, according to witnesses. They said Israeli police set up barricades at Old City gates, checking identity papers of people trying […]

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Nabil Al-Arabi and the Mufti of Jerusalem discuss ways to deal with Israeli attacks on religious shrines

MEMO FEBR 20 2012 The Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr Nabil Al-Arabi, and the Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein, yesterday discussed recent developments in Palestine and the action required in the face of continued Israeli attacks on religious shrines. In remarks made to reporters, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein said that his […]

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Nablus village ‘refuses Israeli decision to curtail mosque’

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency – Febr 15, 2012 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Nablus-district Palestinian village remove speakers and lights from its minaret in order to placate Israeli settlers living nearby, village residents said on Tuesday. Village Council head Ali Eid […]

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Report: Netanyahu endorses loudspeaker ban in Mosques

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Maan News Agency | Dec 12, 2011 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday expressed support for a bill to ban mosques from using loudspeakers for the Islamic call to prayer. “There’s no need to be more liberal than Europe,” […]

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