Israeli bombing they destroyed Al-Omari Mosque in the Gaza Strip, largest and oldest on the StripThe Gaza City Council announced this on Friday on its official Facebook account.

“The Gaza City Council condemns the attack by the Israeli occupiers on the Great Al-Omari Mosque” located in the old city of Gaza City, condemned the city council, which assured that the bombing of the Muslim temple is “partly owned “The Policy of Israel’s Destruction” against “historical and archaeological sites from the city”.

As he added in his statement, two photographs of the temple are visible there. almost completely reduced to ruins“Al-Omari Mosque is the largest and oldest in Old Gaza” and “one of The most famous Islamic and historical monuments” from the Strip.

The temple was originally built as Byzantine church of the 5th century and later converted into a mosque 7th century by the Arab generals of Caliph Omar ibn al-Khatab during the first era of Muslim rule in the Gaza Strip.

Following its destruction, the Gaza City Council appealed to UNESCO “What intervene and condemn actions (Israel’s) occupation against the symbols, monuments and heritage of Gaza.”

According to him, the bombing carried out by Israel in the last two months of the war, which wreaked widespread material destruction, “has not excluded the city’s main monuments,” which he considers “part of Israel’s attempts to destroy religious and national monuments that represent symbol and identity of the Palestinian people“.

This Thursday, Israeli attacks also destroyed the ancient Othman bin Kashkar Mosqueanother one of the oldest temples in the Gaza Strip, also located in the Old City of Gaza, was attacked, which also led to wounded and dead.

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According to authorities in Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamist group. HamasMost of the buildings in the old town of the Strip were destroyed during this conflict, including about twenty historical objects.

Likewise, nine publishing houses and libraries on the Strip and 21 cultural centers “were completely or partially destroyed.”

The damage to centers preserving the historical memory of Gaza is also evident in other attacks, such as the one that destroyed the central archives of the Gaza City Council, said this Thursday Birzeit UniversityPalestinian Academic Center in the West Bank.

(EFE)