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Hamas and Israel exchange fire as Jerusalem unrest ignites Gaza

Rockets strike Israel, Israeli planes hit Gaza; Jerusalem unrest stokes conflict

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Rockets are launched by Hamas militants into Israel amid Jerusalems tension, in Gaza (Photo: Reuters)

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Palestinian militants fired rocket barrages into Israel from Gaza for a second day on Tuesday and Israeli warplanes struck the enclave in a deepening conflict in which at least 26 people in Gaza and two in Israel have been killed.
 
The most serious outbreak of fighting between armed factions in Hamas Islamist-run Gaza and Israel since 2019 was triggered by clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at Al Asqa Mosque in Jerusalem on Monday.
 
The holy city has been tense during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, with sporadic unrest and possible evictions of Palestinians from homes claimed by Jewish