Tensions rise as Israeli police clash with worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem have led to a surge in violence, with dozens of missiles fired from southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip against Israeli targets, Israeli retaliatory airstrikes on both territories, and a subsequent pair of attacks on civilians in the occupied West Bank and Tel Aviv, which have left two British-Israeli settlers and an Italian tourist dead. The militant group Hamas has praised the attacks as valid retaliation for the prior behavior of Israeli police. The escalating conflict has played out against a backdrop of religious celebrations, exacerbating hostilities and inflaming existing tensions between separate communities.