Risk of Wider Israel-Palestinian Conflict Grows After Clashes
- First rocket fired at Israel in seven months prompts airstrike
- Attack follows clashes at Jerusalem site, attacks in cities
Israeli forces near the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem on April 18.
Photographer: Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu/Getty Images
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Israel shot down a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip and carried out an airstrike overnight in retaliation, raising the specter of a wider confrontation with militants.