Israel has launched fresh air strikes in Gaza, marking an uptick in violence after Israeli police armed with tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets wounded hundreds of Palestinians in past few days at Al Aqsa compound
Since sundown Monday when the cross-border fighting erupted, 24 Palestinians – including nine children – were killed in Gaza, most by air strikes, Gaza health officials said. The Israeli military claimed 15 of the dead were militants.
It set off air raid sirens throughout Jerusalem, and explosions could be heard in what was believed to be the first time the city had been hit since a 2014 war. "As a part of operations, a military armoured vehicle belonging to the occupying forces in northern Gaza was hit and a rocket attack was carried out on Jerusalem," the Joint Chamber of Military Operations for Palestinian Factions said in a statement on Tuesday.and the occupied territories, it said.
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