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Damaged mosque in Gaza

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Damaged mosque in Gaza

The shell-damaged interior of the mosque in Gaza, November 1917. The mosque was partially destroyed by British artillery gunfire after it was found that munitions were being stored in it by the Ottoman garrison.

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Image courtesy Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: Q 12854
Permission of the Imperial War Museum must be obtained before any reuse of this image.

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Damaged mosque in Gaza, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/damaged-mosque-gaza, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated