Israel answers Iranian rockets with airstrikes, raising escalation fears

Long-simmering hostility flared to life overnight as Israel blasted Iranian fighters in Syria with their largest air strikes since the 1973 war. The Israeli military said the overnight operation was a response to rockets that they claim Iranian forces fired first. Special correspondent Jane Ferguson reports from Jerusalem.

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