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20 killed as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas rocket barrage Toggle share menu Advertisement 20 killed as Israel strikes Gaza after Hamas rocket barrage Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, on May 10, 2021. (Photo: AP/Khalil Hamra) 11 May 2021 12:37AM (Updated: 11 May 2021 07:26AM) Share this content Bookmark JERUSALEM: Israel launched deadly air strikes on Gaza on Monday (May 10) in response to a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian militants, amid spiralling violence sparked by unrest at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque...

Meanwhile, Turkey has promised to mobilise support to assist Palestinians.  Other global bodies have also spoke of possible relief efforts. More than 300 people were wounded Monday in renewed clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police at the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound, as an Israeli celebration of its 1967 takeover of Jerusalem risked inflaming tensions. Palestinians hurled rocks at Israeli officers in riot gear who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, an AFP correspondent at the scene said following a night of sporadic clashes in annexed east Jerusalem. Meanwhile,...

Violence around Al Aqsa mosque As Israel celebrated "Jerusalem Day" earlier on Monday, marking its capture of eastern sections of the holy city in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, violence erupted at the al Aqsa mosque, Islam's third most sacred site. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said more than 300 Palestinians were injured in clashes with police who fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas in the compound, which is also revered by Jews at the site of biblical temples. The skirmishes, in which police said 21 officers were also hurt, at al Aqsa had died down by the time Hamas issued ...

Swampscott news in brief for the week of Monday, April 12 Wicked Local The Swampscott Reporter's news in brief, published online every Monday, is a compilation of need-to-know, general and short news items from various sources around town. Swampscott community members and organizations can email 150 to 200-word news items for inclusion in the weekly list to wdowd@gannett.com with "news in brief" in the subject line.  Holiday closures  On Monday, May 31, Swampscott municipal offices are closed in observance of Memorial Day.   Vaccination update Starting Friday, March 12, the state will lau...

Former Gov. Deval Patrick: ‘Today, our democracy is incomplete’ In Swampscott talk, the Milton Democrat calls restrictive voting-rights laws popping up across U.S. a ‘purging movement’ Leigh Blander / Correspondent Sign up for the Swampscott Reporter’s newsletter.  Former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Deval Patrick condemned the recent wave of restrictive voting rights laws across the country, calling it a “purging movement.” “We’re either a democracy or we’re not,” Patrick said at a program on race sponsored by Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscot...