Israel demolishes mosque in Hebron

Israel demolished the Rasoolallah Mosque in occupied Dura on 5 December 2022, the mosque’s plaque reads ‘This is the house of God and this is the Rasoolallah Mosque’ [@V_Palestine20/Twitter]

Israeli occupation forces yesterday demolished a mosque in the Khallet Taha neighbourhood of the town of Dura, southwest of Hebron, the Wafa news agency reported.

Occupation forces armed with heavy machinery stormed the area and tore down a 100 square metre mosque. The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowment said Israeli occupation forces demolished Rasoolallah Mosque in Hebron.

“This mosque was built in Khallet Taha in order to serve its residents who have no other mosques in the area,” it added.

Israel has been seeking to annex 3,000 dunams (three square kilometres) of private Palestinian land in Khallet Taha to expand illegal settlements.

READ: Israel occupation declares Hebron ‘closed military zone’ to prevent human rights group’s tour

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.