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| A pregnant woman and her young daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday as a wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories triggered fears of a wider escalation. | A pregnant woman and her young daughter were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza on Sunday as a wave of violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories triggered fears of a wider escalation. |
| Related: Violence escalates as Palestinian militants 'fire rocket into Israel' | |
| The house where Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf lived was brought down as Israeli jets hit what the military described as two weapons sites belonging to the militant group Hamas, in response to the launching of two rockets into Israel. | The house where Nur Hassan, 30, and her daughter Rahaf lived was brought down as Israeli jets hit what the military described as two weapons sites belonging to the militant group Hamas, in response to the launching of two rockets into Israel. |
| Witnesses said a powerful explosion occurred at one of the sites in Gaza City causing a nearby house to collapse while the occupants were asleep inside. | Witnesses said a powerful explosion occurred at one of the sites in Gaza City causing a nearby house to collapse while the occupants were asleep inside. |
| A five-year-old boy and a man were wounded. | A five-year-old boy and a man were wounded. |
| After days of unrest in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been drawn into the violence since Friday, with clashes along the border leaving nine Palestinians dead from Israeli fire. | After days of unrest in the West Bank and Israel, Gaza has been drawn into the violence since Friday, with clashes along the border leaving nine Palestinians dead from Israeli fire. |
| The wave of violence also saw an Israeli police officer wounded in a car explosion at an Israeli checkpoint when a Palestinian woman allegedly detonated explosives in her car near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumin in the occupied West Bank. | The wave of violence also saw an Israeli police officer wounded in a car explosion at an Israeli checkpoint when a Palestinian woman allegedly detonated explosives in her car near the settlement of Ma’ale Adumin in the occupied West Bank. |
| Israeli police said officers noticed a “suspicious vehicle” being driven toward Jerusalem in a public transport-only lane approaching a checkpoint. | Israeli police said officers noticed a “suspicious vehicle” being driven toward Jerusalem in a public transport-only lane approaching a checkpoint. |
| The injured police officer, Moshe Chen, said he gestured for her to stop the car and she then yelled, “Allahu Akbar”, a phrase in Arabic meaning “God is great” sometimes used by Islamic protesters, and detonated a bomb in her car. | The injured police officer, Moshe Chen, said he gestured for her to stop the car and she then yelled, “Allahu Akbar”, a phrase in Arabic meaning “God is great” sometimes used by Islamic protesters, and detonated a bomb in her car. |
| “Some bystanders had weapons and I told them to hold their fire and not shoot the terrorist,” Chen told media on Sunday morning. | “Some bystanders had weapons and I told them to hold their fire and not shoot the terrorist,” Chen told media on Sunday morning. |
| Police found a gas canister in the car and allege she intended to carry out a bombing in Jerusalem. | Police found a gas canister in the car and allege she intended to carry out a bombing in Jerusalem. |
| Binyamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, held a meeting late on Sunday to discuss possible sanctions on an Islamic group running education and religious services in northern Israel which he claimed had been inciting violence. | Binyamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, held a meeting late on Sunday to discuss possible sanctions on an Islamic group running education and religious services in northern Israel which he claimed had been inciting violence. |
| The group – the Islamic Movement – earlier this year encouraged Palestinian citizens of Israeli not to vote in the general election. | The group – the Islamic Movement – earlier this year encouraged Palestinian citizens of Israeli not to vote in the general election. |
| Netanyahu said the group had been spreading misinformation about Israel’s intentions at the compound housing Al-Aqsa mosque, known as the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims and Temple Mount to Jews. | Netanyahu said the group had been spreading misinformation about Israel’s intentions at the compound housing Al-Aqsa mosque, known as the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims and Temple Mount to Jews. |
| “I will not tolerate internal incitement,” he said. “We will use all means at our disposal against the instigators from any direction.” | “I will not tolerate internal incitement,” he said. “We will use all means at our disposal against the instigators from any direction.” |
| The deputy head of the Islamic movement’s northern branch, Sheik Kamal al Kahtib, blamed Netanyahu for the escalation. | The deputy head of the Islamic movement’s northern branch, Sheik Kamal al Kahtib, blamed Netanyahu for the escalation. |
| “He [Netanyahu] is blaming the Islamic movement because of their steadfastness, he always blames others for his failure. Netanyahu can legislate and take harsher measures against us – but it will not prevent us. | “He [Netanyahu] is blaming the Islamic movement because of their steadfastness, he always blames others for his failure. Netanyahu can legislate and take harsher measures against us – but it will not prevent us. |
| Related: Israeli occupation is root cause of Palestine conflict, says Marwan Barghouti | |
| “Al-Aqsa is ours, we will continue to serve it and nothing can stop us.” | “Al-Aqsa is ours, we will continue to serve it and nothing can stop us.” |
| Sheik Khatib said the banning of Muslim groups who acted as guardians to the mosque, the mourabitoun and the mourabotat, had stoked tensions in east Jerusalem. | Sheik Khatib said the banning of Muslim groups who acted as guardians to the mosque, the mourabitoun and the mourabotat, had stoked tensions in east Jerusalem. |
| It remains to be seen if Netanyahu’s harsher measures on the Islamic movement will include further bans on entering Al-Aqsa or punitive measures for alleged incitement. | It remains to be seen if Netanyahu’s harsher measures on the Islamic movement will include further bans on entering Al-Aqsa or punitive measures for alleged incitement. |
| Netanyahu also singled out Haneen Zoabi, an Arab member of knesset, calling for a criminal probe by the attorney general for comments she made in Hamas’s official publication al-Risala. | Netanyahu also singled out Haneen Zoabi, an Arab member of knesset, calling for a criminal probe by the attorney general for comments she made in Hamas’s official publication al-Risala. |
| She allegedly said: “Hundreds of thousands of worshippers should to to al-Aqsa in order to face down an Israeli plot for the blood of east Jerusalem residents. | She allegedly said: “Hundreds of thousands of worshippers should to to al-Aqsa in order to face down an Israeli plot for the blood of east Jerusalem residents. |
| “Today there are only actions by individuals an what is needed is popular support. If only individual attacks continue without popular support, they will sputter our within a few days,” she allegedly told Hamas’s journal. | “Today there are only actions by individuals an what is needed is popular support. If only individual attacks continue without popular support, they will sputter our within a few days,” she allegedly told Hamas’s journal. |