Tensions rise as Israel strikes Syria and Palestinians fear escalation.

Israel conducted strikes on Syria after six rockets were launched from the country toward Israel, as tensions simmer following Israeli police raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem last week. Palestinian worshipers gathered inside al-Aqsa Mosque, a site that Muslims consider among Islam’s holiest, which sits atop the Holy Esplanade in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli diplomats have asked Jordan, which oversees the site, to clear the mosque of some worshipers again this weekend, arguing that they have been incited by the Hamas militant group.