[8] During the 2008–09 winter invasion, the university's Tel al-Hawa library was damaged,[9] and a community education facility under construction was destroyed.

[12] In January 2024, a university academic, Dr Wiesam Essa, was killed when his apartment was shelled.

[13] On 17 January 2024, the last university in Gaza was destroyed, Al Jazera and Euro Med Watch reported.

[14] On 6 February 2024, it was reported by Anadolu Agency that the IDF had shelled two university buildings and opened fire on displaced civilians who had taken shelter on campus.

[15] In May 2024, the IDF Military Police opened an investigation into photograph of an IDF soldier sitting reading in front of burning books at the Central Library of the Islamic University of Gaza, which was widely described as the Al-Aqsa University's library.