Israeli strikes kill two in Syria after Palestinian rocket barrage

Israeli aircraft struck the Islamic Jihad militant group in both the Gaza Strip and Syria, killing two fighters after the group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel. In the latest tit-for-tat violence ahead of a fresh general election in the Jewish state, the Israeli Air Force targeted "Islamic Jihad terror sites" throughout Gaza and near the Syrian capital Damascus, a military statement said. It followed more than 20 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza, themselves a response to the killing of a Jihad militant along the Gaza-Israel border. Islamic Jihad, which along with allied group Hamas has fought...