this morning growing fears of a wide scale mideast conflict with escalating violence in the middle of ramadan, passover and easter holy services two women were killed and a third injured in the west bank today after an alleged palestinian shooting attack. that after israel launched new air strikes in gaza. israel taking that step after militants from lebanon launched nearly three dozen rockets at israel yesterday and after israeli police raided the al-aqsa mosque in jerusalem's old city on wednesday. nbc's raf sanchez is following all of this for us from jerusalem. this is some of the worst violence in the region in years. so what's happening, and why is it so concerning given the timing around holy week? >> reporter: well, lindsey, all tensions are higher.