Monday, 10 May, 2021 - 18:00
Rockets are fired from Gaza City towards Israel on May 10, 2021. (AFP)
Asharq Al-Awsat
Israel's army launched air strikes on Gaza Monday in response to rockets fired by the Islamist movement Hamas amid spiraling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Adding to the sense of chaos, a huge fire engulfed trees in the compound that houses the mosque, Islam's third holiest site, and the Temple Mount sacred to Jews.
At least nine people were killed in Gaza -- among them a senior Hamas commander -- local authorities said. But it was not immediately clear whether they all died in Israeli strikes or from a misfired Hamas rocket.