Israel responds with strikes in Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza after rocket attacks.

Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian military targets in response to rockets fired towards Israeli-controlled territory. The Syrian defense ministry said its air defenses had responded to the Israeli attacks and intercepted some Israeli missiles. The rocket salvoes were claimed by al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement. The cross-border exchanges came amid sharply increased tensions between Israel and Palestinian groups following Israeli police raids in recent days on al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.