Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, under pressure from the West, vowed on Monday night to “restore security” in his country by acting “on all fronts” after a fresh outbreak of violence in the Middle East, AFP reported.

He added that “we will not allow Hamas terrorists to gain a foothold in Lebanon” after the Israeli military accused the Palestinian Islamist movement of firing dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Thursday.

The rocket attacks, which injured one person and damaged property, came a day after Israeli police carried out a brutal Ramadan raid on Islam’s third holiest site, the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.

Israel said police were “forced to act to restore order” against “extremists” barricaded in mosques with stones and fireworks, which were used against police during their attack.

The violence at Jerusalem’s Grand Mosque comes amid a relentless escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians since the start of the year, following Netanyahu’s inauguration in late December as one of the most right-wing governments in Israel’s history.

At least 94 Palestinians, 19 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have been killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since the start of the year, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli and Palestinian sources.