After threatening (https://t.me/PalestineResist/16870) to bomb it at the end of October, the IOF destroyed the central archive of the Gaza Municipality this week, destroying thousands of documents over 100 years old, including city history, urban plans, and letters. Most of the historical documents have been burned, with digital copies existing for some.
The IOF has destroyed a number of cultural centrals, universities (https://t.me/PalestineResist/16764?single), museums, and libraries during its ongoing genocide of Gaza. Among the destroyed libraries is Gaza’s largest public library, which housed 20,000 books. The Samir Mansour library and publishing house, which was bombed and rebuilt in 2021 following a solidarity campaign, was also bombed again recently; it amassed 300,000 books in its time. Among the destroyed cultural centers is the Rashad Shawa center in Gaza City, which contained a library and housed thousands of displaced Gazans before it was completely destroyed by IOF bombing.
Additionally, the Al-Qarara Cultural Museum in Khan Younis, southern #Gaza, which was founded in 2016 and includes over 3,500 pieces, was heavily damaged by IOF bombing this October, as well as the Rafah Museum and others.
(from RNN newsletter @ telegram: https://t.me/PalestineResist/22064?single)
other infos:
https://twitter.com/Timesofgaza/status/1729788747435139489 (Nov 29th)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/30/gaza-library-palestinian-culture/ (Nov 30th)