FALCON POWERS – Palestinian activists on social media have circulated a video showing an Israeli occupation soldier burning a copy of the Quran inside a mosque in the Gaza Strip.
The account “tamerqdh” posted the video on the “X” platform, writing: “From inside a mosque in the Gaza Strip, a terrorist Israeli soldier from the Givati Brigade posted a video on his Instagram account while burning the Quran and the mosque.” Tamer asked, “With these [people], do the Arabs and Muslims want normalization?”
[@tamerqdh] unveils alarming footage depicting Israeli soldiers burning Quran book within a mosque in Gaza.
The video captures a soldier tossing the Quran into flames as the mosque is set ablaze. pic.twitter.com/qTuYZ0rejm
— Younis Tirawi | يونس (@ytirawi) May 21, 2024
Journalist Yunis Tiraawi, known for monitoring the accounts of Israeli soldiers and military personnel, confirmed the authenticity of the video.
He wrote on his “X” account on Tuesday: “I have independently reviewed and verified the video after communicating with my colleague Tamer.”
He added that “the video is from an Israeli soldier in the Rotem 435 battalion of the Givati Brigade,” noting that “the incident occurred in eastern Rafah.”
Accounts of Israeli media outlets via Telegram also indicated that the soldier posted the video on his personal Instagram account “while burning the Quran and the mosque.”
