## Chronology of events regarding the destruction of places of worship by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon, as reported by Lebanese sources: ### Chronology of Attacks on Places of Worship September 23, 2024: Israeli air strikes damaged the façade of Mar Maroun Church in Basalia, Jezzine District, South Governorate. October 4: The Israeli army bombed a mosque near Salah Ghandour Hospital in Bint Jbeil, Nabatieh district, claiming Hezbollah used it as an operations center. October 6: A mosque in Yaroun, Bint Jbeil District, was booby-trapped and completely destroyed by the Israeli army. October 7: Israeli warplanes destroyed a mosque in Kfar Donin, Bint Jbeil District, Nabatieh Governorate. October 9: Israeli fighter jets targeted a church hall in Deirdghaya, Tyre District. October 11: A raid targeted a mosque in Tyre, Tyre District. October 13: Israeli warplanes destroyed the old mosque in Kfar Tibnit, Nabatieh District, Nabatieh Governorate. October 14: A raid destroyed a mosque in Qantara, Tyre District. October 18: Israeli fighter jets destroyed Al-Thaqalayn Mosque in Majdal Salm, Tyre District, and partially damaged another mosque nearby. October 26: The Israeli army booby-trapped and destroyed Al-Rasoul Al-Akram Mosque in Al-Dhahirah, Tyre District, with video footage showing soldiers laughing and singing. October 28: Israeli fighter jets raided a mosque in Bayout al-Siyad, Tyre District. October 30 (Monday): Buildings in Yarin, Marouhin, Dahra, and Umm al-Tut were rigged with explosives and destroyed by the Israeli army; this included the demolition of a mosque in Umm al-Tut, captured on video. ### Key Facts **Destruction Methods:** The Israeli army has used both aerial bombardments and booby-trapping methods to target buildings, including mosques and a church hall. **Alleged Intentions:** Lebanese activists and media have captured videos of soldiers laughing and mocking while carrying out these operations, which have spread widely on Lebanese media. Some IDF footages are released in the social networks with gleeful songs and exclamations. **International Protections:** The Geneva Conventions (Article 52, Protocol I, 1977) and U.N. Security Council Resolution 2347 (2017) explicitly prohibit the targeting of places of worship. These attacks are therefore classified under international law as war crimes unless military justification is provided. Source [1](http://v.aa.com.tr/3378678)

Shortly before midnight, [on September 23rd, 2024](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1838319980267606378), an **Israeli drone strike** targeted a civilian car **killing two people** and wounded others near Al-Salam Mills in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Casualties were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, also in Deir Al-Balah. **[Names of the martyrs:](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1838325420250349749)** - [Hamad Qishta](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838622636638712129), from Rafah - [Mahmoud Sobhi Abu Taha](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838622636638712129), also from Rafah

In the afternoon of September 23rd, 2024, **Israeli occupation aircraft bombed a house next to the police station** east of Khan Younis, belonging to the **Shurab** **family**, which **killed** [Wissam Ibrahim Shurab](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838246963894009977) and injured others, including his [wife and children](https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1838444790712590724). Wissam's brother [Khalil was killed](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1815603961765990603) in a **bombing of the same house** July 22nd, 2024. **Location conflict:** - 1. "Wissam Shurab was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a group of citizens in the **Al-Dhabat area** east of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip." [Source](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1838241922424488346) - 2. "A Palestinian was killed and a number of others were injured when the occupation bombed a house in the **Qaa al-Qurain area** in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip." [Source](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1838238167171756033)

Massive Exodus in Southern Lebanon Amid Escalating Conflict Over 270 people have been killed, and more than 1,000 injured as Israeli airstrikes target Hezbollah strongholds, leading to a mass exodus in southern Lebanon. Schools have closed, and roads are heavily congested as residents flee north toward Beirut and safer regions. This escalation comes after a series of retaliatory strikes between Israel and Hezbollah, severely disrupting daily life. Fears of further escalation or all-out war grow as tensions rise. Social media posts convey a sense of urgency, with residents sharing visuals of the evacuation and expressing fears for their safety.

A circulating video shows the first moments of an Israeli bombing that targeted the Lebanese Civil Defense ambulance teams in the village of Al-Duwair in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. Context : In a logic of escalation in the aggression towards Lebanon, Israel has committed various violations of international and humanitarian law over the past week: - terrorist attack of explosion of Pagers and telecommunications devices causing more than 30 deaths and more than 300 wounded and flooding the health services with victims of war injuries, 90% of whom are civilians. - Massive bomb explosions, at least one of which is the subject of investigation in order to rule out the possibility of the use of a tactical nuclear bomb - a massive airstrike attack on all the south Lebanon area and the south area of Beyrouth. the lastest toll is 100 martyrs and more than 400 wounded reported the Lebanese Ministry of Health. including: - "Safad al-Battikh" in the Bint Jbeil district in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon. - The town of Al-Kharayeb, - Iqlim al-Tuffah, Sidon, Tyre, Ghazieh, Burj Rahhal, and villages in the Zahrani district.

*Ongoing event - will update as new information is reported.* **[Sept 27th:](https://x.com/quds_feed/status/1839680369618018345)** After nearly 75 hours under the rubble, the bodies of the child Rima Abu Al-Omrain, 8 years old, and her sister Amal, a year and a half old, were recovered after their house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood collapsed due to the ongoing occupation shelling, while their mother is still under the rubble. **Sept 27th - update** [Martyrs of the Abu Al-Omrain family, whose bodies have been recovered until now](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1839693865097335128) - 1. Najah Abu Al-Omrain - 2. Misk Zuhair Abu Al-Amrain - 3. Muhammad Nayef Abu Al-Aoun - 4. Ahlam Adel Radwan - 5. Ahmed Al Shawa - 6. Saba Magdy Abu Al-Amrain - 7. Rahaf Magdy Abu Al-Amrain - 8. Izz al-Din Nabil Abu al-Amrain - 9. Suhaib Abu Al-Amrain - 10. Nour El-Din Abu Al-Aoun - 11. Retal Nabil Abu Al Omrain - 12. Amal Nabil Abu Al-Omrain - 13. Raja Abu Al-Omrain - 14. Yasmine Abu Al-Omrain - 15. Rima Abu Al-Amrain - 16. Amal Abu Al-Omrain - 17. Ikhlas Abu Al-Omrain - 18. Raja Abu Al-Aoun **[Sept 26th](https://x.com/ShehabAgency/status/1839037276694917345)** A mother and her daughter were pulled out after more than 20 hours of a house collapsing on the heads of its residents in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City. **[Sept 25th](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1838960696429818308)** Civil defense crews work to recover the bodies of Palestinians and rescue the injured without tools or equipment in the Gaza Strip. **Sept 24th - 7:30pm UPDATE** - **Four more bodies** [were pulled out](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1838619266167296428) of the collapsed residential building belonging to the Abu Al-Omrain family in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pond, west of Gaza City. **Nine citizens are still under the rubble.** **Sept 24th - 5:30am UPDATE** - [Civil Defense:](https://x.com/paldf/status/1838407748167303407) **Our crews succeeded tonight in saving the lives of a woman and her child** from the **Shawa family** who were **trapped under the rubble** of the building that collapsed on displaced families in the Sheikh Radwan area, northwest of the city. **Sept 23rd - 9pm UPDATE** - [Civil Defense](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1838284189986361710) update: "Martyrs and wounded as a result of the collapse of a residential building belonging to the Abu Al-Omrain family in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, west of Gaza City. **A number are still missing under the rubble**." **Sept 23rd - 8pm UPDATE** [Civil Defense in Gaza:](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1838264026666541409) ▪️ **Rescue crews continue their attempts to reach the missing** under the rubble of a residential building that collapsed on them in the Sheikh Radwan area, and **appeals to owners of cattle and heavy equipment to come to help** ▪️ The residential building is located in the vicinity of **Sheikh Radwan Pool**, northwest of Gaza City, and **consists of 6 floors**. ▪️ The building had been severely damaged and cracked by **Israeli shelling that targeted it and a number of neighboring houses** during the past months. ▪️ **Four families** took refuge in this building to find temporary shelter after being displaced from various areas due to Israeli incursions. It housed between 20 and 25 people from the families of **Abu Al-Omrain**, **Abu Al-Auf**, **Al-Nafar**, and **Al-Shawa**. ▪️ Rescue crews rushed to the scene of the incident as soon as the building collapse was reported and began working with the available tools and equipment. They were able to **rescue 7 people** and **retrieve 2 martyrs**, while **about 13-16 people are still missing under the rubble**. ▪️ **Rescue crews continue their search operations** and **were able to contact a living person trapped under the rubble**, and are trying hard to reach him with the available capabilities. ▪️ **The event is large and requires heavy rescue equipment such as bulldozers and rams due to the collapse of all six floors.** ▪️ **We appeal to the owners of cattle and heavy equipment to quickly head to the site of the building to help rescue what can be rescued from under the rubble.** --- **EARLY COVERAGE - September 23rd, 2024:** **2pm:** - Sept 23 - The search for martyrs and missing persons under the rubble of the Abu Al-Omrain family home, [continued](https://x.com/paldf/status/1838177614269239329) and after 7 hours they **successfully rescued the young man Hassan.** **1:45pm:** - Sept 23 - A number of injuries arrived at Sheikh Radwan Clinic, including women and children, **most urgently a woman in her eighth month of pregnancy in critical condition**, as a result of the collapse. [Source](https://x.com/paldf/status/1838168992197771672) **12:45pm** - Sept 23 - **A number of Palestinians were killed**, others were **injured** and others are **missing** after the collapse of a residential building belonging to the **Abu Al-Omrain family**. The occupation had **recently** **bombed** neighboring buildings in the vicinity of Sheikh Radwan Pool, north of Gaza City. [Source](https://x.com/Qudsn_Brk/status/1838152638480699656)

A pre-dawn, around 3 am, an **Israeli air strike** on a house belonging to the **Abu Samak family** near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza **killed five people; four children and their mother**. The father, Mohammed Abu Samak, was injured, and lost his whole family in a single blow. [Their names:](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838143834120749111) - Israa Abu Samak, 29 years old, Mother - Mazen Mohammed Abu Samak, 4 years old - Zeina Mohammed Abu Samak, 5 years old - Ahmed Mohammed Abu Samak, 7 years old - Abdullah Mohammed Abu Samak, 8 years old [First Report 3:14am](https://x.com/hassaneslayeh/status/1838008955093532803) Journalist Eslayah writes: *"Urgent: Occupation aircraft launch a raid in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip."*

In the early hours of September 23rd, 2024, an **Israeli helicopter** fired a **missile** at the upper floor of the **Khalid bin Al-Walid school**, which **houses the displaced** in Camp 2, Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip. This strike **killed four members of the Aql family**, a mother, father, and two of their children, and left their remaining two children orphaned and severely burned. Others in nearby classrooms were also wounded. A number of injured people arrived at Al-Awda Hospital in the camp. Civil Defense recovered the bodies of the Aql family, and transported by ambulance the **surviving children, brothers Ahmed and Abdul Rahman**, in **critical condition** to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. **Killed:** - [Mujahid Aql](https://x.com/Qadeyah1/status/1838242092109177099), father - Islam Adwan, mother - Sham, their child - Muatasem, their child **Wounded:** - Ahmed, their child - Abdul Rahman, their child [Source](https://x.com/SafaPs/status/1837977118677823821) [Source](https://x.com/Hamzaalnamla1/status/1837978556334247941) [PHOTOS](https://x.com/gazanotice/status/1837995129665187908) [PHOTOS](https://x.com/Sa7atPlBreaking/status/1837982557545415054)

An **Israeli air strike** on the **Nassar family** home in the Tal al-Zaatar / Al-Alami neighborhood of Jabalia camp **injured four people, including a child**. They were rescued by Civil Defense and taken to the Indonesian Hospital. Fortunately no one was killed. Footage and witnesses indicated that after men went to the upper floor to help with the search efforts, the staircase collapsed. Journalist Islam Bader reported that at least **one woman** and **two little girls** were pulled out alive but injured. This is the **second time** the IDF bombed this same house in **under one month**. The huse was bombed on August 31, 2024 at 2am. Four people were killed then. [Destruction of the house](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1837954691331748301) Reports: "Injured after the occupation army targeted a house near the Nassar intersection in Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip." [Source](https://x.com/AJABreaking/status/1837929256447295503) "The occupation aircraft bombed a house near the Nassar intersection in Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip." [PHOTO](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1837930155924136401) "Injuries in Israeli airstrike on Nassar family home in Jabalia camp, north of Gaza" [PHOTO](https://x.com/qudsn/status/1837954691331748301)

In the afternoon, displaced people sheltering in al-Quds school, in Al-Sikka area of Jabalian were forcibly displaced again as the IDF warned of a strike on a house in the vicinity. Moments later, the IDF dropped a bomb on the a house belonging to the Abu Hussein family. No casualties were reported.