Israeli strikes destroyed 47 mosques, damaged 7 churches: Gaza gov’t

The ongoing Israeli air attacks in Gaza have destroyed 47 mosques and seven churches since the country launched a war on Hamas following the group’s October 7 attacks in Israel, according to the government in Gaza.

Gaza’s media office said that 203 schools and 80 government offices were also destroyed in the last three weeks.

Salama Maarouf, the director of the office, was quoted by Al Jazeera Arabic as saying that 220,000 housing units were damaged due to the massive bombardment, and 32,000 buildings were completely destroyed.

Earlier, the government’s media office in Gaza reported that Israel’s army threatened to bomb an Orthodox cultural centre and a school housing more than 1,500 displaced people.

More than 8,000 people have been killed in Gaza since October 7, including more than 3,000 children and more than 2,000 women. At least 20,000 others have been injured.