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The Israeli airstrikes came after Hamas fired seven rockets at Jerusalem — the first time the city had been targeted since 2014 — and dozens more at southern Israel. Earlier in the day, violent clashes in Jerusalem’s Old City left more than 300 Palestinians injured.
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