Israel fired rockets into Syria on Sunday in response to launches against Israeli-controlled territory, the military said, as tensions remain high along Israel’s northern border from cross-border fire.
No damage was caused by any of the six rockets launched toward Israel, which Lebanon-based Al Mayadeen TV said were claimed by the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Israel said it had launched artillery strikes and a drone against rocket launchers in Syria. The army said only three rockets crossed into Israeli-controlled territory, two of which fell in open ground and the third was intercepted by air defense systems.
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Tensions between Israel and Palestinian groups escalated sharply this week following Israel’s raid on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when worshipers were beaten up by police.
The police raid, which Israel said was intended to disperse groups that had barricaded themselves in the mosque armed with firecrackers and stones, sparked outrage in Arab countries and concern among Israel’s US allies .
There were no reports of serious disturbances around the mosque on Saturday, despite fears of further violence.
In the Old City of Jerusalem, the site holy to both Muslims and Jews, who know it as the Temple Mount, has long been a flashpoint, particularly over Jewish visitors who are banned from non-Muslim prayer at the mosque complex. to the point.
Clashes there in 2021 helped set up the 10-Day War between Israel and Hamas, and Friday’s exchange of cross-border fire this week evoked memories of that conflict.
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On Thursday, more than 30 rockets were fired from southern Lebanon toward Israel, prompting retaliatory strikes from Israel across the border at sites linked to the Islamist movement Hamas in Lebanon and Gaza.
Israel seized the Golan Heights in the 1967 Middle East War and annexed the 1,200-square-km (460-sq-mile) territory in 1981, a move not recognized by most of the international community.
In a separate incident in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army and the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces.
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