A top Hamas official on Monday warned of renewed violence if right-wing pro-settler organizations hold a controversial march Thursday in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
"We warn the occupation (Israel) against letting the march approach east Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday," senior Hamas figure Khalil al-Hayya said.
"We hope the message is clear so that Thursday doesn't become (a new) May 10," he said, in reference to the start of last month's 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip.
During the fighting, Israeli strikes on Gaza killed 254 Palestinians, health officials said.
Rockets and other fire from Gaza claimed 12 lives in Israel, medics said.
