Israel bombed the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Friday, in a sharp escalation of violence.
The attacks came two days of attacks at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque, after Israeli police forcibly removed Palestinian worshippers from the site on both Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
As anger over the scenes at al-Aqsa mounted in the Arab world, militants in Lebanon allegedly fired 34 rockets at Israel on Thursday afternoon.
Israeli media said it was the biggest barrage from the country since 2006, when the Hizbollah militant group and Israel fought a 34-day war.
Air defences intercepted 25 rockets but at least five landed in Israel and paramedics said three people had been injured.
At a security cabinet meeting on Thursday night, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s “enemies . . . will pay the price for any act of aggression”.