Dhaka, April 11 -- The Islamic Foundation has called for special prayers at all mosques across Bangladesh for victims of Israeli atrocities in Palestine's Gaza.

The special prayers and munajat, or supplication, will be held after Jummah prayers on Friday, the foundation said in a statement.

Denouncing the "genocide and widespread destruction" carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza, it said Israel has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis by cutting off food and water supplies to the region, pushing its residents to the brink of famine.

Highlighting the outrage sparked across the Muslim world by the "most barbaric genocide in history", the Islamic Foundation expressed deep shock, empathy and condolences to the embattled Palestinia...