Videos obtained by Tel Aviv Tribune show Israeli forces bombing mosques and desecrating copies of the Muslim holy book.
Hamas called on Arab and Muslim countries and organizations to condemn and express outrage over Israeli forces burning copies of the Quran in a Gaza mosque.
“The burning of copies of the Quran and the desecration and destruction of mosques confirm the extremist nature of this entity and its hate-filled criminal soldiers and their fascist behavior against everything that touches the identity and sacred values of our nation,” the Palestinian group said in a statement Saturday.
Tel Aviv Tribune Arabic broadcast footage obtained from Israeli soldiers’ cameras showing them tearing out pages of the Muslim holy book and burning them at the Bani Saleh mosque in northern Gaza.
The channel also published a video from an Israeli drone showing the bombing of the historic Grand Mosque of Khan Younis.
According to the Gaza government’s Media Office, Israel has completely destroyed 610 mosques and three churches in the past 10 months in Gaza.
On Saturday, Hamas called on “the free peoples of the world” to act to defend Muslim and Christian holy sites in Palestine and to end “the war of extermination” against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli offensive has killed more than 40,200 Palestinians and turned large parts of the besieged Palestinian territory into rubble.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a U.S. advocacy group, said the desecration of copies of the Quran and the targeting of mosques in Gaza prove that “Israel’s war against the Palestinian people in Gaza is also a war against Islam itself.”
The group also called on US President Joe Biden to denounce Israeli abuses.
“The Biden administration must condemn this religious desecration and suspend arms transfers to the Israeli government to force an end to its campaign of slaughter and starvation in Gaza,” CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement.
Palestinian Muslims in Gaza continue to pray together near the ruins of destroyed mosques. But on several occasions, worshippers have been attacked by Israeli shelling during their prayers.
Last month, an Israeli attack on worshipers gathered to pray near a destroyed mosque in the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza killed at least 20 people.
Earlier this month, the Israeli military also bombed a school sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City during morning prayers, killing more than 100 people.
Israeli soldiers have been repeatedly accused of committing violations against Muslim holy sites.
Last December, Israeli troops recited Jewish prayers and Hanukkah songs from the pulpit of a mosque they had attacked in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
