Israeli Military Strikes Al-Muttaqin Mosque, Citing Hamas Weapons Storage

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that an airstrike hit the Al-Muttaqin Mosque in Gaza City, describing the building as a Hamas weapons depot. Footage showed a large plume of smoke above tents sheltering displaced Palestinians, and the IDF said prior warnings allowed civilians to evacuate before the strike.

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The strike occurred amid a fragile ceasefire that has not halted hostilities since the truce began in October 2025. According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), as of March 24, 2026, damage has been verified at 164 sites in the Gaza Strip since the war started after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel; fourteen of those sites are religious buildings.

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• The IDF asserted that the mosque was part of a series of “Hamas weapons storage facilities” targeted in the central and northern Gaza Strip during the past week.

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• “Is this a ceasefire? Every day there are attacks, every hour, every breath. There are attacks everywhere. They threaten and strike, whether it's civilian vehicles or anything else they bomb,” — Shehadeh Badawi, an eyewitness

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