TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s government faces another survival challenge as a rocket fired late Monday from Gaza has raised fears of a new conflict and clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in and near the most sensitive holy site. in Jerusalem, the fragile ruling coalition is threatened.
The Israeli military said it had shot down a rocket fired into its territory from the Gaza Strip, disrupting months of calm on the border. Both the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, and the Islamic Jihad, its smaller military partner, have threatened to strike Israel in recent days over tensions between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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