the azan, the islamic call to prayer, reverberates from mosks throughout the city of gaza, five prayer times each and every day summon allah's faithful servants. since the period of the first interfada in the year 2000, religious awakening has grown dramatically in the gaza strip. at that time, the number of mosks was estimated to be 500. statistics 14 years later in 2014 show: that this number has now doubled to nearly 1ous mosks which are attended by hundreds of thousands of muslims both night and day and the teaching of the muslims they have the forgiveness which they call it in arabic samah so to forgive someone suppose supposed to have love there is a strike. image, which

is evident in almost every palestinian city. in the neighborhood of zeitun in gaza city, for example, you can see the catib al-wilayah mosk situated next to the roman orthodox church, the church of porpphery. this living example, witness for centuries, proves that fraternity and tolerance between the muslim and christian communities is indeed possible, and how the fate of each community is linked to that, the other in the land of palestine, christians and muslims, we have to live together in love, because we are the creation of god and the god is one, so special here in gaza, christians and muslims we are living in a very good relationship, very close relationship, because we are living as family, we participate together.

we suffer together, which prompts the christian to host the muslim and vice versa, so that we introduce to the whole world demonstration of brotherhood between muslims and christians in gaza and palestine at large. the fraternity among muslim and christian communities was also demonstrated when the ferocity of the most recent war imposed by israel on the gaza strip in 2014 escalated to inhumane degree that shot the world when the israeli occupation army invaded border areas indiscriminantly, killing men, women, and hundreds of children

and displacing thousands of ordinary citizens who were forced to seek asylum to safer shelters. churches and christian homes served as shelter for thousands of victims. we refused to leave from the beginning. the israelis dropped flyers from their planes asking us to leave, but we refused up until yesterday and the day before. all of b was flaring under phosphorus bombs emitting poisonous gas and the... 16s in the sky and tanks on the ground, we waited until daylight to leave while our house was destroyed. allah grants victory to the resistance. we accept the people in the church because we are very close in the area when they were hitting the israeli army. we are very close to say and zaitoon, we are in zaittoon and so many people from and which they are supposed to leave there. places what to because it was

hitting their places from the tanks, so they run to find a safe place, safe place, it is of the most or... young father or young woman carrying baby on his hands or her hands, you cannot close your eyes, you hard speak and you have to apply, so this is the the cause that we open the doors of the church and to accept the people, the compassion and empathy did not stop at the churches hosting displaced persons, but even more was: offered providing environments to muslims to lead islamic prayers in their churchyards during the ramadan time, so this it was very difficult time for the people, it was the holy day of elkader, which they call it in

arabic, which suppose this people to pray during the night time, so the church respect everybody. so what have done, we gave to them all the the freedom, well the permission to pray down in the yard of the church, without no comments. tragedy unites communities, the israeli occupation forces were lived to discover this muslim christian unity, so they decided to open fire a church an effort to spoil. this rising affinity and sympathy under the false pretext that they observed rocket fire coming from the church grounds. this was a war on people, not a war on hammas by an entity which has a long history of massacring the innocent since 1946. the

situation explains the relationship between the muslims and the christians in the gaza strip as we share the same experience and sorrow together while we walk towards the liberation of our goods. jerusalem and the church of the holy sepulker. israel targeted places of worship and even schools, universities, hospitals and cemeteries with their attacks, gross violations of international law that reflects the moral depravity and severity of the israeli occupation army and indirectly the complicity of western nations, whose medias and governments widely ignored the deliberate targeting and bombing of churches and mosks in the gaza strip. in all, more than 200 mosks were blown up with debris raining down on the heads of innocent worshipers. the israeli occupation reduced 74 masks to rubble, while 179 more were directly hit by

this aggression. several mosks were destroyed top of the heads of worshippers such as algasan mosque in al-nuserat of middle governorat. they were killed while waiting for the dawn. also known as the grand mosk used to be the largest mosque in the middle zone of gaza where it is densely populated. after an israeli air strike reduced it to dust. all that is recognizable now is the minarette. the claim that mosks were being used to harbor weapons and tunnels is unproven and denied by local residents. the occupation army contacted us on saturday august the 8th. the caller introduced himself as officer musa, asking whether this was yahyawil's house. my husband answered in the affirmative. the officer informed him that we have five minutes to evacuate as they are intending to target mosk. the officer hung up

and my husband rushed to inform the neighbors. my mobile phone, neighbors called to inform me the mosk was going to be bomb. four young men were back there getting themselves ready for prayer inside the mask i don't know how i managed to flee the place كيف طلعت كيف طلعت احنا 13 نفر فجوزي ما عمل فوضه كثير my husband quietly told us we have to evacuate as the mask was going to be targeted we dressed and went to my brother-in-law's house in this tower the place with another missile, the vicinity was covered with dust and smoke, it was horrifying, my neighbors and beloved ones were calling, asking where i was, tell them i

was outside the mosk, but four young men were inside and i had no idea what happened to them, remained somewhere under the rubble, they searched for th days with an excavator, but found nothing, the search was called off but resumed again after 60 days, the excavator operator came across my son, body then 60 يوم رجع البحث مره اخرى، he was next to them, we thought he was somewhere else, this means the young man were here. two of them were recovered, one of them was waiting here while another was hiding in the corner, we found

him in this corner, القرنه هذه يعني باقي لابد فيها بعد ونص لقيناه في القرنه هذا بالضبط كل الشقق اللي تحت تضررت, the whole apartment underneath us sustained damages while the barrier between us and the mosk was removed, our home and the shop sustained, flew into the house, the electrical generator was this site, but ended up landing in abuz family's grocery shop. can you see this repair shop where the electrical generation entered? can you see what the shop looks like now? a 60 kilo electrical generator flew to the shop, also mosk was located west of gaza city in the densely populated shirt. refugee camp, this mosk too was reduced to rubble by israel's us provided f16 war jets. the raid

resulted in the destruction of residential homes surrounding the mosk and caused the fall of martters and many injuries amongst the families residing in that neighborhood. the enemy. on july 30th they hit the mask with unmanned drones that landed on the water tankers, none of the neighbors heard anything and so did nothing, then they fired another missile which made us aware and think they were going to target the mosk, as that was the way the israeli occupation worked. we

went to the balconies and windows immediately to see what was going on, we didn't know that the damask was the target and the missiles hit the water tankers, they fired another missils after that, then people started to scream urging us and our neighbors to leave our homes, we were unsure as to whether we should leave and risk. i was awake with my family next to me, which includes three boys, two daughters and my wife, my two brothers and their families were there as well, totaling about 50 people. i woke the boys up and the girls and rushed to my brother upstairs. i can't describe to you, how this all happened in just minutes, those needed to be carried, bottom line, we all were sleeping woke up alarmed and we had to

look after the elderly members and those who left the building. we were separated from each other, lost three of my kids and had to go back to search for them, we weren't able to grasp what was happening in the moment, electricity was caught and neighbors were... while ambulances rushed injured and firefighting crews raced around. i had to return after receiving a phone call from my neighbors, telling me that my kids were at his place. on the way i was injured, hit by shrapnail in my food, back and head, and my brother was injured too. we were running, but we couldn't run far because the mesas came down so fast as we were following one another. قصف هذا المسجد اثنين صواريخ كما يقولون صواريخ زنانه ثم الحق this mosk was

targeted with two unmanned drone missiles followed by two f-16 vacuum missiles as they call them the f-16 rate was the reason for the collaps ضربه صواريخ الف 16 هي كانت السبب في نزول او سقوط المئذنه على بيت ال رضوان لما وقعت المئذنه على البيت طبعا. the tip of the minaret that collapsed onto the house weighed 10 tons, it flew about eight meters onto the roof. it was allah's mercy that prevented it from falling on the neighbors, otherwise none them would have survived.

in-law was six months pregnant, she miscarried on the spot due to the explosion, they sprayed missiles over the palestinian people to the extent that shrepnel, sand and small stones reached as far as 500 meters. there were 20 to 30 injuries suffered by people in nearby houses due to the impact of stones and glass flying. alsosi worshippers refused to be distracted from performing their prayers near the mosk and so set up a makeshift mosk a vacant land beside the original location only to see it bombed also israeli aircraft did not give them the opportunity to pray. we started preparing a

makeshift mosk the very next. stay an organization provided us with a shading to finish it, we were shocked the next night to be hit by another bombardment targeting the area, we rushed to the area to find they targeted the exact spot we were preparing to build a makeshift mask, the town of in the south with the population of 900 suffered immense stand after it was heavily bombarded for the days by the israeli regime to the degree that the town was almost completely wiped out. seven mosks out of nine were destroyed, the most prominent being the township center mosque, jamod ibad ar-rahman. after the annihilation, israeli forces besieged the town for 10 days, cutting it off

from the outside world. a red cross worker described the scene as a tsunami of death. unfortunately they sabotaged the infrastructure and the structures, the whole electricity network in atlanjar neighborhood and entire city in hazar was destroyed. it was intentionally leveled by bulldozers. they removed the pylons, wires, water networks and everything. they even level seven mosks and blew them up with dynamite. they are taking out their anger on the masks. 'we don't know why they're doing this to mosks, they target people, mosks, houses and everything around the mosk, all surrounding houses were destroyed. i live next to the mosk, but no one passes by or greets me now, i am so affected by this, northern gaza also suffered extensive destruction of its mosks, one

example was the beautiful omar abdul aziz mosk in bait hanan, important to muslims were'. worldwide and renovated by a malaysian islamic organization in 2013 was bombed to smithharines for the second time in its history by an israeli air strike. rubble and a pile of concrete remain. they targeted this mosk in every war. this is the second time now. the first building was bigger than this. it was three or four floors high, but it was targeted too. the omar mosk that we built was targeted as well. "if they had destroyed my house, it would be much easier for me to bear. i have a great affection for this mosk that allah only knows. the mosk is my whole life, as i attended the one or two hours before the call for prayer to recite the quran and help clean the mosk. a whole life revolves around the mosk." baزن, بنظف المسجد.

the israeli occupation demonstrates its hatred on houses of the lord, destroyed mosks with. found to have no weapons or resistance in them. we at the ministry of wack supervised the mask. we challenge the occupiers to present one piece of evidence that mosks were being targeted because of the palestinian resistance or any resistance that acts whatsoever. they are places for worshipping only. the palestinians did not quit or give up as their holy places fell. the... went to work to construct temporary mosks and places for prayer, and whilst these hastily built sanctities provided little protection from the weather, it brought the people together for each call to pray. "we set up structures to pray under while rainfall was dripping on us, praise the lord that we are steadfast and that we will

survive on this soil, no matter what the zin is to, we will prevail and reform. this mosk was built by residents of the neighborhood and from other goodoers, we built a most inside the refugee camp an area that was. we agreed we should build the most to perform rituals of the lord and decided to make the mosk out of material from greenhouse.

the gaza strip are either completely or partially damaged, it is their intention to subjugate the arab and muslim people. it is also to pave the way for the tearing down of the sacred alamosk to be replaced by a jewish temple. it's like they're telling people not to be shocked if the alaksa mosk is destroyed just like any other mosk that was destroyed in the gaza war. that's what they want, but al-aksa is different if it was destroyed all muslims around the world under god.

ومن جعل الله الا بشرى ولتطمئن به فلوكم ومن نصر للعلوم. the palestinian people believe that the lord protects his house, they believe that the mosks and indeed islam will

eternally prevail despite all efforts by its enemies to destroy them. for muslims across the world, aid alfiter, which marks one month of obedience to god in the holy fasting month of ramadan, is a special feast. muslims feel festive and proud for their... servitude to god. ramadan is called the month of blessings. out of respect

for the holy month, muslims put aside their differences and hostilities and forge a stronger unity. different cities and villages in iran have their own traditions for ramadan, which date back to centuries. get a glimpse of it in this documentary on press tv. gloria ston's prestine nature with vast oak forests, gaping gorges and amazing waterfalls. it's where heaven. and earth meet

each other and stars frequent to welcome the visitors at nights. join us to watch the most wonderful place in the heart of iran.

الا كانوا به يستهزئون، كذلك نسلكه في قلوب المجرمين، لا يؤمنون به، وقد خلت سنه الاولين، ولو فتحنا عليهم بابا من السماء. قالوا انما سكرت ابصارنا بل نحن قوم مسحورون صدق الله العلي العظيم.

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