Israel strikes Gaza mosque used as ‘weapon cache’

12 July 2014, 10:10 am

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The IDF says it carried out an air strike on a mosque in Gaza overnight which was being used by terror groups to store weaponry.

“Overnight, the IDF targeted a weapon cache concealed within a mosque in the central Gaza Strip,” the army says.

An image provided by the IDF shows a mosque in Gaza which was targeted by an Israeli air strike on Friday night, July 11. The army says the holy site was used by terror groups to store weaponry. (Photo credit: IDF)

Military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner adds: “Hamas, a terror organization motivated by a radically interpreted religious ideology, abuses religious sites such as mosques to plot against Israeli civilians, as well as to conceal weaponry.

“Hamas terrorists systematically exploit and choose to put Palestinians in Gaza in harm’s way and continue to locate their positions among civilian areas and mosques, proving once more their disregard for human life and holy sites.”