Jerusalem violence: Rockets fired from Gaza after major clashes

Rockets have been fired towards Jerusalem from Gaza, amid spiralling tensions between Israel and the Palestinians.

No injuries were reported, though Israel's parliament was evacuated as sirens sounded.

Gaza's Hamas rulers had threatened to strike after hundreds of Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli police on Monday.

Deaths were later reported in Israeli strikes against the Islamist group.

Israel said it had killed three Hamas militants. "We have started, and I repeat started, to attack military targets in Gaza," Israeli military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus told reporters.

Hamas sources told the BBC a commander of the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Abdullah Fayyad, had been killed.

The Hamas-run Palestinian health ministry in Gaza said nine people - including a number of children - had died in the Israeli strikes.

The past few days have seen the worst violence in Jerusalem for years, with more than 300 Palestinians wounded in confrontations with Israeli police outside the al-Aqsa mosque on Monday.

Moar. . . .

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