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Detail - Partial List of Mosques Destroyed during and/or after 1948 Fighting
Goto Source for this Table - Section of International Law Study Guide on Destruction of Holy Places.
Here is a list of a few examples of Israeli forces or workers or businessmen desecrating various village Mosques during or following the 1948 fighting.
- 'Akbara Mosque destroyed during fighting
- al-Lydd Mosque was site of Israeli massacre of aproximately 176 Palestinian civilians
- Zarnuqu Mosque converted to a Synagogue
- Khulda's Mosque converted into a Museum
- al-Manshiyya Mosque turned into a private Israeli home
- Wadi Hunayn Mosque converted to a Synagogue
- 'Ayn Hawd Mosque converted into a Israeli tourist restaurant/bar
- Qisarya Mosque converted into a bar
- Kawfakha Mosque converted into a stable and storehouse for animal fodder for Israeli farmers
- Sa'sa' Mosque demolished by Israeli workers after fighting ended
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