Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria after rocket attack

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel said it struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday in a “wide-scale” operation in response to rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights the day before. A Britain-based war monitoring group said the strikes killed at least 23 people, including 15...

The Latest: Monitor says death toll at 23 in Israel strikes

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on the situation in the Mideast following latest Israeli airstrikes in Syria (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A war monitoring group says the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in Syria has risen to 23, including 15 non-Syrians, some of them Iranians. Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the...

War monitoring group says Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed 11 people, including 7 non-Syrians, most likely Iranians

BEIRUT (AP) — War monitoring group says Israeli airstrikes in Syria killed 11 people, including 7 non-Syrians, most likely Iranians.

Syrian state media say 2 civilians have been killed, others wounded in series of Israeli airstrikes near Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian state media say 2 civilians have been killed, others wounded in series of Israeli airstrikes near Damascus.

Israeli military says it is carrying out ‘wide-scale’ strikes on Iranian targets in Syria after rockets fell on Golan

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli military says it is carrying out ‘wide-scale’ strikes on Iranian targets in Syria after rockets fell on Golan.

Israeli military says 4 rockets fired from Syria intercepted

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria on Tuesday and explosions were heard shortly after that in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted a top Palestinian militant in the Syrian capital. Israeli air defense systems captured the...

Microsoft hires ex-AG Holder to audit face-scanning firm

Microsoft is hiring former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to review its investment in a facial recognition startup that scans faces at Israeli military checkpoints. Microsoft said in a statement Friday that Holder will lead a team of former federal prosecutors conducting an audit. Its aim is to determine...

Israeli army arrests Lebanese man who jumps border fence

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it has arrested a man who crossed its northern border from Lebanon. The army said Saturday the Lebanese national was being held for questioning. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said a Lebanese man jumped over the border fence into Israel after...

Israel strikes Hamas targets after 2 rockets fired from Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said its aircraft hit military sites for Gaza’s Hamas rulers early Saturday after two rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave. This was Israel’s first strike against Hamas since the start of this week’s cross-border fighting with another Gaza...

Israel says it has completed Gaza strikes after rocket fire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said early Friday it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza after overnight rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce. The Palestinian territory’s Hamas rulers, who kept to the sidelines of this...