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<h1 class="gmail-single_title">Israeli occupation soldiers deliberately desecrate mosques, copies of Quran and Islamic holy sites</h1>
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<p>GAZA, (PIC)</p>
<p>Since the outbreak of the genocidal war waged by the Israeli
occupation army on Gaza, its soldiers circulated video clips documenting
and boasting their burning of copies of the holy Quran and desecration
of mosques, and writing racist slogans on their walls in blatant
contempt for the feelings of Muslims and the sanctity of their religious
symbols.</p>
<p>In the latest scenes of the desecration of mosques in Gaza, activists
on social media circulated a photo posted by an Israeli soldier showing
him and his comrade standing on the pulpit of one of the mosques.</p>
<p>The soldiers in the photo are shown in their military uniforms,
holding their weapons in a display pose, while one of them is mockingly
holding a copy of the Holy Quran.</p>
<p>These incidents do not seem detached from the unprecedented reality
experienced by the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied city of Jerusalem
since its occupation in 1967, where the Mosque is witnessing an increase
in the number of incursions by the Temple groups that are racing
against time to demolish it and build the alleged Third Temple.</p>
<p>This was expressed by the Israeli Minister of National Security,
Itamar Ben-Gvir, in the recent Flag March, when he said, “Jerusalem is
ours, the Damascus Gate is ours, and the Temple Mount (Al-Aqsa Mosque)
is ours.”</p>
<p>The recorded video clips have been repeatedly published, whether
officially by the Israeli occupation army or by its soldiers who
participate in the bombing operations.</p>
<p>On November 16, 2023, a video clip circulated on social media showed a
number of Israeli occupation soldiers desecrating a mosque in the city
of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, after its occupation, and
converting it into a Jewish synagogue where they recite Talmudic rituals
calling for killing and extermination.</p>
<p>The video shows occupation soldiers inside the mosque, armed with
their weapons, gathered around a person who appeared to be a Jewish
rabbi, who in turn placed a weapon on his shoulder and then began to
carry a model of the Torah scrolls high.</p>
<p>As the other soldiers are heard chanting some of his inciting
statements about killing, the Israeli flag is seen hanging on one of the
walls of the mosque, which is believed to be the main mosque in the
city.</p>
<p>On December 14, 2023, a video was circulated on social media
platforms showing occupation soldiers performing a Talmudic prayer on
the occasion of what they call the Hanukkah holiday through loudspeakers
in one of the mosques in Jenin in the West Bank.</p>
<p>A few days later, a video clip was circulated on Israeli websites
showing the desecration of one of the destroyed mosques in the Gaza
Strip by a number of Israeli occupation soldiers.</p>
<p>The circulating video shows an Israeli soldier delivering a religious
lesson from the Torah inside the mosque, while the rest of the soldiers
are spreading out on the sides of the mosque, whose walls and
facilities were severely damaged as a result of the Israeli bombardment.</p>
<p>On May 15, 2024, the Israeli occupation army published a video
documenting the detonation and destruction of a mosque in the Gaza
Strip, without mentioning any details about its name, location or the
time of its explosion.</p>
<p>On May 23, 2024, an Israeli soldier boasted of burning a copy of the
Holy Quran, and the Israeli army’s radio station on the “X” platform
published a 3-second video clip, without specifying the location or date
of the incident. The clip shows a soldier holding his weapon in his
left hand and holding an open copy of the Holy Quran in the other, then
throwing it into a burning fire.</p>
<p>On June 13, 2024, a video clip spread on social media platforms
showed Israeli soldiers holding a barbecue party inside the Rafah
Crossing Mosque, located in the southern Gaza Strip near the Egyptian
border.</p>
<p>The vandalism in the mosque and tampering with its contents, as well
as the writing of offensive phrases on its walls against Islam and the
Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), were visible.</p>
<p><strong>What are you going to do?</strong></p>
<p>With the recurrence of such scenes, the activist on the X platform,
Khaled Safi, wrote, “The desecration of mosques and these vile actions
carried out by the occupation soldiers in Gaza are not directed at us
alone, but at all Muslims around the world.”</p>
<p>Safi accompanied the post with a set of photos documenting the
occupation soldiers’ disdain for the Islamic nation, saying, “They mock
our Islam, our mosques, and everything sacred in our religion, so what
are you going to do?”</p>
<p>Since the start of the war, the occupation army has completely
destroyed 604 mosques in the Gaza Strip, including the historical
Al-Omari Mosque, and partially destroyed 200 mosques and 3 churches,
according to data released by the Ministry of Endowments and Religious
Affairs on May 18. In addition, 60 cemeteries were destroyed and more
than 1,000 bodies of the dead Palestinians were stolen.</p>
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