Escalation of violence Monday in Israel.

New clashes broke out early in the day on the Mosque Plaza, between Palestinians and Israeli police.

More than 300 Palestinians have been injured.

In the evening, the Israeli army retaliated in the Gaza Strip against Hamas positions, killing several people.

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Jerusalem experienced another day of tension on Monday, as Jewish nationalists celebrated Jerusalem Day.

Early in the day, several thousand Palestinians barricaded themselves on the Mosque Esplanade, with the objective of preventing Jews from entering it.

The clashes started, dozens of wounded were taken in ambulances and the police pushed back the Palestinian youths with stun grenades and rubber bullets.

To calm things down, the government called off a settler march that was to pass through the Muslim quarter of the old city.

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The sirens had not sounded since 2014

In the afternoon, sirens that sounded rockets sounded in Jerusalem, which had not happened since 2014. In the old city, it even took a few seconds before people understood that it was necessary to do so. they briefly seek shelter.

Hamas launched seven rockets at the city, including one that was intercepted by the Israeli defense system.

The others fell on uninhabited places.

Monday evening, the climate was still extremely tense.

The center of gravity of the violence shifted to the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army was expected to respond to rocket fire.

Local authorities said at least nine people, including three children and a Hamas commander, had been killed in the northern Gaza Strip.

A fire, visible for more than two kilometers around, also broke out on Monday evening in the grounds of the Esplanade des Mosques, the third holiest site of Islam where thousands of faithful were present for evening prayers. .