Israeli military retaliates after rockets fired from Syria

Israeli police escort Jewish visitors marking the Passover holiday to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem (Mahmoud Illean/AP)

The Israeli military said its forces attacked targets in Syria early on Sunday after six rockets were launched from Syrian territory in two batches towards Israel in a rare attack from its north-eastern neighbour.

After the second barrage of three rockets, Israel initially said it responded with artillery fire into the area in Syria from where the rockets were fired.