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According to the Gaza local authorities, 1,000 mosques have been destroyed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, with reconstruction costs estimated at $500 million. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Other reports indicate that 378 mosques were targeted during the conflict, although this number has not been independently verified.
A series of violent confrontations occurred between Palestinians and Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem in April 2023. After the evening Ramadan prayer, Palestinians barricaded themselves inside the mosque, prompted by reports that Jews planned to sacrifice a goat at the site (which is forbidden by Israeli law).
The latest figure on total number killed during the attack, based on social security data, is 1,175, [21] of whom 379 were from Israeli security forces and 796 were civilians (725 Israeli and 71 foreign). [21] 26.6% of those killed were female. [254]
A Muslim convert threatened to "flatten" a mosque, plotted to attack an Islamic cleric who was an outspoken critic of terrorism and researched potential military and police targets, a jury heard ...
A witness told the Times of Oman that the attack lasted for about an hour and a half, while the Pakistani ambassador said he had taken calls from Pakistani worshippers who were in the mosque providing information that was used by Omani security forces in their response. [6] The three attackers were killed by the security forces. [1]
Masjid Bilal sounded the alarm to congregants in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday addressing Jabbar’s heinous attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans that left 14 people dead.
The attack killed 84 people (excluding the perpetrator) and wounded another 217. [ 21 ] [ 13 ] Initial reporting placed the death count of the attack at 101, but the number was later revised as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Chief Moazzam Jah Ansari stated that some bodies of the victims were mistakenly counted twice.
The attack, one of northwestern Pakistan's deadliest incidents of sectarian violence in recent years, marked a significant escalation in sectarian tensions that had already claimed numerous lives in preceding months. [citation needed] Sunni and Shia Muslims are in conflict in the region over a dispute over land. [6]