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| Israeli jets hit targets in Gaza Strip | |
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| Israel says its jets have hit two targets in the Gaza Strip. | |
| The targets were "Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities", the Israeli military said, adding the strikes were in response to two rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel. | |
| A woman and her young daughter in a nearby house were killed during the air raid, Palestinian officials said. | |
| Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed "deep concern" over the situation. | |
| He made separate phone calls to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | |
| There have been weeks of tension over access to a site in East Jerusalem sacred to both Jews and Muslims. | There have been weeks of tension over access to a site in East Jerusalem sacred to both Jews and Muslims. |
| Can Israel and the Palestinians contain spiralling violence? | Can Israel and the Palestinians contain spiralling violence? |
| Palestinians fear Israel plans to change arrangements at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount compound, where Jews are allowed to visit but not allowed to pray - something Israel insists it will continue. | Palestinians fear Israel plans to change arrangements at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount compound, where Jews are allowed to visit but not allowed to pray - something Israel insists it will continue. |
| "The IDF holds Hamas responsible for any act of aggression from the Gaza Strip," said Israel Defense Forces' spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner in a statement following the air strikes early on Sunday. | |
| As well as the two reported deaths, medical staff in the Zeitun sector south of Gaza City say three people are trapped in the rubble of the destroyed house. | |
| In his phone calls earlier Mr Kerry "stressed the importance of upholding the status quo in word and deed" at the site, the State Department said. | |
| He offered his support in efforts to restore calm, but both men blamed the other side for the rising violence. | He offered his support in efforts to restore calm, but both men blamed the other side for the rising violence. |
| Mr Netanyahu "made it clear that he expects the PA (Palestinian Authority) to stop its wild and mendacious incitement, which is causing the current wave of terrorism," his Twitter account said. | Mr Netanyahu "made it clear that he expects the PA (Palestinian Authority) to stop its wild and mendacious incitement, which is causing the current wave of terrorism," his Twitter account said. |
| Mr Abbas told Mr Kerry that Israel should stop settler "provocations", which he said were carried out under Israeli army protection, his office said. | Mr Abbas told Mr Kerry that Israel should stop settler "provocations", which he said were carried out under Israeli army protection, his office said. |
| In other developments on Saturday: | |
| The violence has spurred talk from Hamas, which dominates Gaza, of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising. | The violence has spurred talk from Hamas, which dominates Gaza, of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising. |
| But the clashes have not yet reached the scale of previous intifadas, with no clear mass movement or leadership so far emerging. | But the clashes have not yet reached the scale of previous intifadas, with no clear mass movement or leadership so far emerging. |