New York (Web Desk/Agencies): The Israeli military has destroyed hundreds of mosques during its year-long genocidal war against the besieged Gaza, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs.
The ministry announced in a statement on Saturday that the deadly Israeli airstrikes have destroyed 814 mosques, while another 148 have been severely damaged.
It continued by saying that in addition to mosques, the Israeli force had also demolished three churches and 19 cemeteries. The estimated financial damage to the ministry's properties is $350 million.
The ministry said that Israeli troops desecrated graves, adding that they have exhumed bodies, and committed brutal acts of violence against those who died, such as stealing their remains and mutilating them.
It further mentioned that 11 administrative and educational buildings under the ministry's control—or 79% of the total—were damaged.
The ministry added that during the ground invasion of Gaza, Israeli soldiers killed 238 of its employees and imprisoned 19 others. It then urged the world community to step in right away and put an end to the "ongoing war of extermination."
On October 7, 2023, Israel launched its brutal war against the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation al-Aqsa Storm, against the usurping entity.
At least 41,825 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children. More than 1.7 million people have been internally displaced during the war as well.
The Israeli regime has not even spared places of worship in the coastal territory, indiscriminately and aimlessly bombing them.