Israel launches air raids on Gaza after rocket attacks on Jerusalem

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Israeli forces to launch air strikes in Gaza and raid the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, firing rubber bullets and teargas. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the rocket fire in Israel, but local media reported that a house in the Jerusalem hills had been damaged, in the most serious outbreak of hostilities with Hamas in months.

“This is a message the enemy should understand well,” said Abu Ubaida, a spokesperson for Hamas’s armed wing. The skirmishes, in which police said 21 officers were also hurt, at al Aqsa had died down by the time Hamas issued the 6pm ultimatum.

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