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Tensions between Gaza and Israel: new rocket fire, dozens injured in Jerusalem

2022-04-23T04:44:53.419Z


Since the beginning of the week, rocket fire has increased from the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas. Two new rockets were fired Friday from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza towards Israel, after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators, some fifty of whom were injured on the esplanade of the Mosques in East Jerusalem. Since Monday, several rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas Islamists towards Israel, prompting Israeli air raids against the enclave.


Two new rockets were fired Friday from the Palestinian enclave of Gaza towards Israel, after clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators, some fifty of whom were injured on the esplanade of the Mosques in East Jerusalem.

Since Monday, several rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas Islamists towards Israel, prompting Israeli air raids against the enclave.

They caused no casualties and most of the projectiles were intercepted by the Israeli missile shield.

Two rockets were fired from Gaza toward Israel tonight.

One of the rockets landed inside Israel, and one landed inside Gaza.



When terrorists fire rockets, they endanger the lives of civilians—both Israeli and Palestinian.

— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) April 22, 2022

"A rocket hit a field near the border with northern Gaza and another fell inside" the enclave, the Israeli army said on Twitter.

According to witnesses, one person was injured in Gaza after the rocket fell near his house.

Escalation of violence

The violence comes in a context of escalation after four attacks in Israel between March 22 and April 7, which left 14 dead in total.

Two of the attacks were perpetrated in the metropolis of Tel Aviv by Palestinians from the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.

In the wake of these attacks, the Israeli army carried out several operations in the West Bank, while clashes multiplied between Israeli police and Palestinians in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part occupied and annexed by Israel.

On Friday morning, Israeli forces reentered the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third holiest site and Judaism's holiest site known as the Temple Mount, and Palestinian youths threw stones at them .

Palestinian protesters clash with police at the Al-Masjid compound in Jerusalem on Friday morning.

AFP/Ahmad Gharabli AFP or licensors

Police say before dawn 'masked rioters carrying Hamas flags' threw rocks at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, located below the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem East.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said at least 57 Palestinians were injured, two seriously, in the clashes.

Clashes for a week

After clashes that left more than 200 Palestinians injured for a week, the Israeli authorities closed the crossing points this weekend allowing Palestinians from the West Bank to go to Jerusalem.

But Palestinians managed to get there illegally.

Thousands of faithful were able to make the midday prayer thanks to a lull on this third Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which coincided with the end of the celebrations of Passover, the Jewish Passover.

Worshipers perform a prayer in Jerusalem on Friday.

REUTERS/Ammar Awad

After the prayer, a mini-drone flew over the esplanade and fired tear gas at some of the faithful, creating scenes of panic, noted an AFP team.

The police claimed to have used "means to disperse" a crowd which tried to damage one of its gatehouses.

Since the Tel Aviv attacks, 24 Palestinians including assailants have been killed in clashes or incidents in the West Bank with Israeli forces.

“We are deeply concerned about the escalation of violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and in Israel over the past month,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The rocket attacks are the largest since the deadly 11-day war that pitted Hamas against Israel in May 2021 after weeks of clashes and tensions in Jerusalem.

Source: leparis

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