Twenty-four Palestinians, including nine children, were killed during all-night Israeli airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, according to the enclave’s health ministry, after days of mounting tensions over Israel’s half-century occupation. Two Israelis have also reportedly been killed by rockets launched into Israel by Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza. The Israeli military has suggested the civilian casualties in Gaza could have been caused by rockets misfired by Hamas.
In the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, close to the Old City and home to the al-Aqsa mosque, a long-running legal battle is being fought between Jewish settlers and Palestinian residents.
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