HEBRON, September 3, 2025 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday demolished a minaret under construction for a mosque in Dura, south of Hebron.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed the town of Dura from its eastern entrance, heading towards the al-Hijra suburb.

They forced residents to evacuate the area and closed the roads leading to it. They then bulldozed a minaret under construction for the suburb's mosque.

Saher al-Darawish, director of the Southern Endowments Department, told WAFA that Israeli occupation forces began demolishing a 15-meter-high minaret attached to the al-Farouq Mosque in the al-Hijra suburb, claiming it lacked a permit and was located opposite a military tower erected on citizens' land at the entrance to the town.

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