{"id":48091,"date":"2022-04-19T03:25:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T03:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48091"},"modified":"2022-04-19T03:25:25","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T03:25:25","slug":"israel-says-rocket-fired-from-gaza-intercepted-as-tensions-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=48091","title":{"rendered":"Israel says rocket fired from Gaza intercepted as tensions soar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Israeli army says rocket fired from besieged Gaza Strip was intercepted as tensions soar over Israeli raids on a holy site in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Published On 18 Apr 2022<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">18 Apr 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A rocket fired from the besieged Gaza Strip into southern Israel has been intercepted, Israel\u2019s army has said, in the first such attack in months amid soaring tensions over a flashpoint holy site in occupied East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on Monday and no Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the rocket, which Israel said was shot down by its Iron Dome interceptor.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, the Palestinian group that administers the coastal enclave, had warned that any incidents at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound would be a \u201cred line\u201d after Israeli forces raided the site in East Jerusalem several times in recent days, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/4\/15\/israeli-forces-raid-al-aqsa-mosque-over-50-palestinians-injured\">arresting hundreds of Palestinians<\/a> and leaving dozens injured.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians accuse Israel of encroaching at Al-Aqsa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel says Palestinian protesters seek to disrupt Muslim prayer for political ends and to prevent visits by Jews, who are celebrating Passover.<\/p>\n<p>The site is revered by Muslims and Jews. Israeli police have said they were committed to ensuring that members of all faiths could celebrate the holidays safely.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the rocket attack, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Hamas of waging a \u201cwild harassment campaign\u201d against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt and Jordan, which inked peace agreements with Israel decades ago and coordinate with it on security matters, have condemned the actions of Israeli forces at the site.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"434\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nrl-n_HDUbo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" width=\"770\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jordan \u2014 which serves as custodian of the site \u2014 summoned Israel\u2019s deputy charge d\u2019affaires to Amman on Monday in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s King Abdullah II said on Monday that Israel\u2019s \u201cunilateral\u201d moves against Muslim worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque seriously undermined the prospects for peace in the region, according to state media.<\/p>\n<p>The monarch was speaking with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres when he made remarks blaming Israel for \u201cprovocative acts\u201d in the mosque compound that violated \u201cthe legal and historic status quo\u201d of the holy shrines.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, at least 152 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli police inside the mosque compound, the latest outbreak in an upsurge of violence that has raised fears of a slide back to wider conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Crackdowns by Israeli forces on protesters who were demonstrating against attempts to forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah last year were a trigger for an escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas fighters in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh on Monday offered praise for members of the Islamic Waqf, the trust that oversees the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, \u201cwho stands tall and those who throw rocks at the pro-Zionists who are defiling Al-Aqsa Mosque while under the security of the Israeli occupation government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to al-Khasawneh\u2019s remarks, Bennett said: \u201cThis is unacceptable to us. This is a reward for the inciters, especially Hamas, which are trying to ignite violence in Jerusalem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Israel has sought to improve relations with Jordan over the past year and has recently normalised relations with other Arab states over their shared concerns about Iran.<\/p>\n<p>But a recent wave of violence that left 25 Palestinians and 14 Israelis dead has brought renewed attention to Israel\u2019s occupation of the Palestinian territories, which it has sought to sideline in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"434\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/37Nk7_wNaw4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" width=\"770\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n<p>: <\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli army says rocket fired from besieged Gaza Strip was intercepted as tensions soar over Israeli raids on a holy site in occupied East Jerusalem.Published On 18 Apr 202218 Apr 2022A rocket fired from the besieged Gaza Strip into southern Israel has been intercepted, Israel\u2019s army has said, in the first such attack in months&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotlight_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}