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The Israeli military says it has launched air strikes against a Palestinian militant group in Gaza and Syria in response to rocket fire.

According to Mr. Abu Oun, they replied, “We will show you how injustice will last.”

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he wanted a two-state solution to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the clearest expression yet of his administration’s support for such an outcome.
 

Three others also wounded in the Israeli strike over the southern Gaza Strip, says health ministry.

Monday marked the deadliest day in Gaza since a 2014 war there, and was part of a high-stakes campaign by Gaza's Hamas rulers to break a decade-long border blockade.

In the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since the 2014 war, Palestinian officials say Israeli troops have killed 55 people and wounded 2,700.

US and Israeli officials are at the highly-guarded Jerusalem compound during an opening ceremony for the new US Embassy, following Donald Trump’s decision to move the diplomatic mission from Tel Aviv last December.

Pence was to deliver a speech to the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, later Monday before holding a joint news conference with Netanyahu. The two men were then to have dinner together in Jerusalem.

Guatemala voted against UN resolution to denounce similar move by U.S. President Donald Trump

f other nations follow Trump's lead "exactly," as Netanyahu suggested, it would be a diplomatic victory for the Israelis and a blow to the Palestinians.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will not accept any US plan for peace with Israel, after it recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

UN security council to meet to discuss US decision amid widespread international condemnation and violence in occupied territories

President Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, upending nearly seven decades of American policy.

The IDF is on high alert after Hamas called for a “day of rage” ahead of the White House’s expected announcement to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The planned demonstrations come as nations around the world condemn Trump’s decision.

But Trump “just went on saying he had to do it,” Shaath said.

Waqf says it will make ruling about restarting visits to holy site after conducting study, in wake of Israeli decision to replace security measures

The State Department has called on both sides to refrain from taking any actions that might escalate the crisis.

Israel is removing metal detectors from a holy site in Jerusalem and will use less obtrusive surveillance instead.

Secretary of State John Kerry laid out the US proposal for a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, less than a month before the Trump administration takes office and at a low point in US-Israeli relations.

The 93-year-old reported to be stable and fully conscious after being rushed to hospital