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- 300 Palestinians were injured and 20 were killed in another day of violence in Jerusalem, The Washington Post reported.
- The airstrikes came after Hamas sent rockets to Jerusalem in response to Israeli violence at Al-Aqsa.
- The attack on one of the holiest sites for Muslims comes during Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims.
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Twenty Palestinians including nine children were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Palestinian officials said.
The Israeli airstrikes came after Hamas fired rockets into Jerusalem as retaliation for Israeli officers firing into the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem's Old City, injuring worshippers, The Washington Post reported.
Hamas also fired rockets into southern Israel. No fatalities have been reported but one Israeli was lightly injured, according to the Post.
Earlier on Monday, 300 Palestinian protesters were injured after Israeli police fired stun grenades into Al-Aqsa, AJ+ reported. Palestinians eventually pushed them back but they reentered the mosques again after nightly prayers.
Palestinians said police were working to block medics from entering the mosque.
Ramzi Halaq, a paramedic who was inside the mosque when the police entered after the nightly prayer, told CNN, "the police were targeting us directly as paramedics ... and were preventing us from conducting our duties and taking out the injured."
A widely circulated video from the incident shows Israeli police brutally beating a detained Palestinian man. AJ+ reported that journalists were also beaten by police.
A video also captured a car carrying Israelis being pelted with stones by Palestinians before it reversed, accelerated forward, mounted the curb, and hit two pedestrians near the Lion's Gate entrance to the Old City, the Guardian reported.
CNN reported that police said the driver lost control of the car. The conditions of the two people hit are unknown at this time.
Clashes have been ongoing for a few weeks, as Palestinians protest against a now-delayed Israeli court ruling on whether or not Palestinian families will be forcefully evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem. Their homes would then be given to a Jewish settler group.
Palestinians have accused Israeli nationalists and police of heavy-handiness in response to the protests, which consisted of groups breaking fasts together, singing, chanting, and dancing.
The Post reported that the Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem said five Israelis, including a 7-month-old, were injured during the ongoing clashes, while the Red Crescent reported that of the hundreds of Palestinians injured, seven were hospitalized in serious condition.
More than 250 Palestinians were also hurt in clashes over the weekend.
Monday's violence and attack on Al-Aqsa occurred on Jerusalem Day, a national holiday that celebrates Israeli control over the Old City following the 1967 war.
The attack on Al-Aqsa, one of the holiest sites for Muslims, also comes during Ramadan, the holiest month for Muslims.