Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque attack

Ibrahim al-Maqadna Mosque strike
Screenshot of the cockpit video of the first explosion
LocationBeit Lahia, Gaza, Palestine
DateJanuary 3, 2009
Attack type
airstrike
Deaths16 (including 6 children)
Injuredmore than 60
PerpetratorsIsraeli Air Force or Israeli Defence Force

The 2009 Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque strike or massacre of Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque occurred on January 3, 2009, as part of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza War when the Israeli Air Forces launched a missile and hit the Martyr Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque in Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip during the evening prayers (Maghrib prayer).