Explosions heard in Jerusalem amid tensions

Israeli security forces in front of the Dome of the Rock Mosque at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded.

The sirens came shortly after the Hamas militant group in Gaza had set a deadline for Israel to remove its security forces from the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.