The Omari Mosque in Gaza was largely destroyed by Israeli bombardment on Dec. 8, 2023. It was one of the most ancient mosques in the region and a beloved Gazan landmark. The mosque was first built in ...

Last week, archaeologists discovered one of the world’s oldest mosques beneath Rahat, in the south of Israel. There, construction on a new neighborhood in the world’s largest Bedouin city uncovered “a ...

The oldest mosque in Gaza dates back to crusader times a thousand years ago, and it has been badly damaged by an Israeli strike. An Israeli official says Hamas militants were using it as cover. People ...

The centuries-old Omari Mosque, Gaza's oldest, was badly damaged in an Israeli strike. An Israeli official told NPR it was targeted because... Israeli strike leaves Gaza's oldest mosque in ruins TEL ...

Thousands of worshippers returned on Friday to the Gaza Strip's few intact and many damaged mosques, where for the first time in months loudspeakers blared the Islamic call to prayer. "God is the ...

(The Conversation) — Gaza’s Omari Mosque embodies the history of Gaza – as a site of frequent destruction, but also of renewal, writes a scholar of Islamic architecture and archaeology. The mosque was ...

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An Israeli strike has badly damaged an iconic and historic mosque in Gaza. As conditions around Gaza worsen amid the offensive, Israel claims it was aiming at Hamas militants. The oldest mosque in ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Omari Mosque, Gaza's most iconic landmark and oldest mosque stretching back centuries, has been largely destroyed in an Israeli strike, Gaza City officials and eyewitnesses say.