The Ministry of Religious Affairs in Gaza has announced that Israel destroyed 79 per cent of mosques in the Gaza Strip during its military offensive, Anadolu reports.

The Israeli army has flattened 814 of Gaza’s 1,245 mosques and severely damaged another 148 during its intensified bombardment, the ministry revealed.

Along with the mosques, three churches were also destroyed, and 19 of the 60 cemeteries were deliberately targeted, the statement said.

The estimated financial cost of the damage to the ministry’s properties is $350 million, it added.

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