Some 1,000 of 1,2000 mosques in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed in Israeli attacks since October 7, local authorities said on Sunday.
More than 100 Muslim preachers were also killed in the deadly Israeli offensive on the besieged enclave, Gaza's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs said in a statement, adding that a church, several administrative buildings and Quranic schools were destroyed in the Israeli onslaught.
These include the Great Omari Mosque, one of the most important and ancient mosques in historical Palestine, and the Church of Saint Porphyrius, thought to be the third oldest church in the entire world.