Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque attack

Ibrahim al-Maqadna Mosque strike
Screenshot of the cockpit video of the first explosion
LocationBeit Lahia, Gaza, Palestine
DateJanuary 3, 2009
Attack type
airstrike
Deaths16[1][2] (including 6 children[3])
Injuredmore than 60[4][1]
PerpetratorsIsraeli Air Force or Israeli Defence Force

The 2009 Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque strike or massacre of Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque[1][2][5] occurred on January 3, 2009, as part of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza War when the Israeli Air Forces launched a missile and hit the Martyr Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip during the evening prayers (Maghrib prayer).[6]

  1. ^ a b c "مجزرة مروعة: 16 شهيداً و60 جريحاً في قصف مسجد الشهيد المقادمة في بيت لاهيا" [A horrific massacre: 16 martyrs and 60 wounded in the bombing of the Al-Shaheed Al-Maqadma Mosque in Beit Lahiya]. Palinfo (in Arabic). Gaza. January 4, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "عشرة شهداء بقصف مسجد في اليوم الثامن للعدوان على غزة" [Ten martyrs in a bombing of a mosque on the eighth day of the aggression on Gaza] (in Arabic). Gaza. January 3, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference guardian_almaqadna2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "عشرة شهداء بقصف مسجد في اليوم الثامن للعدوان على غزة" [Ten martyrs in a bombing of a mosque on the eighth day of the aggression on Gaza]. Al Jazeera (in Arabic). Gaza. January 3, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "ارتكبت قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي مجزرة بشعة بحق مجموعة من المصلين" [The Israeli occupation forces committed a hideous massacre against a group of worshipers]. paltoday (in Arabic). Gaza. January 3, 2009. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference UNGazareport was invoked but never defined (see the help page).