Israeli warplanes resume strikes on Gaza Strip

Israeli warplanes on May 12 launched violent attacks on the security centers and police headquarters of Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip.

Dozens of bombs were dropped within a few minutes in the south, north, and central parts of the Gaza Strip, Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency reported.

The most severe attack occurred this morning but it is still too early to ascertain casualties.

The death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the start of their offensive on the Gaza Strip has risen to 35, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. At least 220 others have been injured.

Five Israelis have also been killed and 45 others injured in Palestinian rocket attacks.

Tensions have been running high since last week after an Israeli court ordered the evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

Israeli forces on May 12 also resumed their attacks against Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City.

After performing the dawn prayer, Palestinians gathered at Haram al-Sharif, the compound which houses the mosque and the Dome of the Rock.

Israeli forces fired rubber bullets to disperse them, Anadolu Agency quoted an anonymous official from the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf (religious endowments) told Anadolu Agency as saying.

Palestinians pelted stones at the Israeli forces in retaliation.

Israeli police also targeted Palestinian youths at the Bab al-Maghrib, one of the gates to the mosque, causing multiple injuries to protesters.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian was killed by the Israeli army early on May 12 in the occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the Palestinian was...

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