Israeli border police aim weapons toward Palestinian protesters in Hebron.
Palestinians have fired rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip in the heaviest exchange of fire since both agreed to an ceasefire in November.
No casualties were reported but the violence threatened to shatter the calm that has prevailed for more than four months and prompted Israel’s new defence minister to warn that the state will not sit back if militants attack the south of the country.
“We will not allow shooting of any sort (even sporadic) toward our citizens and our forces,” Moshe Yaalon, a former military chief of staff, said.