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 ...

An Iranian missile strike, which hit Haifa on Friday afternoon, damaged the city's oldest and second-oldest mosques as it struck Haifa's downtown. The strike damaged the Masjid Al-Saghir, built in ...

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 ...

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 ...

For more than five decades, Mattie Collins has joined the worshipers and curious onlookers who pour into a green-and-white building within earshot of Interstate 95. They climb up the stairs, take off ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — After a half-century, students, lecturers and the Muslim community at the University of Nairobi will soon have a small mosque on the institution’s main campus. The 54-year-old ...

(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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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.