In a statement to X, the Israel Defence Forces disclosed that recent intelligence showed the Mosque served as a command center for planning and executing terrorist attacks on civilians.
Some 7,00,000 people of the nearly 1.1 million population residing in northern Gaza have evacuated south in the past few days, according to the Israel Defence Forces.
Amid escalating tensions in its ongoing war with Hamas, Israel is making strategic preparations for an imminent ground invasion as part of its mission to eliminate the persistent threat posed by the Hamas terrorist organisation.
Israel's Energy Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said that there will be no supply of electricity, fuel or water for the Gaza Strip until the Hamas militant group frees hostages.
Israel had claimed in August that it already has the vaccine against the coronavirus "in hand" but it has to go through regulatory processes that would begin with human trials following the autumn holidays.