Hamas fires rockets toward Jerusalem and southern Israel
By Laura Kelly - 05/10/21 11:40 AM EDT
Rockets were launched at Israel by Hamas from the Gaza Strip on Monday, triggering air raid sirens in the capital city of Jerusalem and neighboring communities in a major escalation of conflict amid an outbreak of violence between Palestinians and Israelis over the past few weeks.
Hamas, which is designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization, said in a press release Monday that it launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for "crimes and aggression" in the Palestinian east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and in the Al Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam.
The Israel Defense Forces wrote on Twitter that the rocket attacks triggered sirens in Jerusalem and the neighboring community of Beit Shemesh, sending people fleeing for bomb shelters.
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