![]() ![]() Violent scenes showed police using weapons to beat worshippers barricaded in the mosque, who retaliated by shooting fireworks and throwing stones. The barrage, in turn, followed Israeli police storming the holy Al-Aqsa mosque compound with tear gas and stun grenades on Wednesday morning. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the rocket attack, but an IDF spokesperson blamed Hamas, the de facto governing authority of the Gaza Strip. The shooting follows the Israeli bombing of Gaza and Tyre on Thursday night as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised an 'aggressive response' to rockets fired from Lebanon into northern Israel that afternoon. Israeli Major General Yehuda Fuchs said they were reinforcing in all sectors and would find those responsible. In response to the shooting, Israel Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai called on all Israelis with firearms licences to start carrying their weapons. The settlement is considered illegal under international law, a source of conflict for Palestinian and Israeli factions. The family were from London and had emigrated to Efrat, an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. He turned the car around to find paramedics treating his wife and daughters. The sisters' father had been driving ahead in a separate car when the women were attacked. The BBC has reported that the sisters were in their 20s. Sky cited local media, claiming the two women who died were sisters, one aged 15 and the other in her 20s. Medics found the three victims in critical condition and were unsuccessful in saving the lives of the two younger daughters.
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