Online footage reportedly shows an Israeli Boeing 707 tanker refueling an Israeli F-16 fighter jet mid-air over Syria's Deir Ezzor province.

Israel said it had launched strikes on weapons belonging to Syria, hours after reports that two projectiles had been fired from Syria into Israel on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes on southern Syria caused "significant human and material losses",

Israel’s targeted attacks on Iran’s nuclear and missile infrastructure early Friday took out at least 20 senior Iranian commanders, inflicting a significant blow to Tehran's governing theocracy.

The Israeli army says two rockets have been fired from Syria into open areas in the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister held calls with counterparts across the Middle East to avoid a wider flare-up.

Iran is undergoing a forceful counterattack after Israel's strikes, while experts analyze whether Iran will target American forces in the region or at home.

Gen. Hossein Salami was the chief of one of the country’s most powerful centers, and his death was a tough blow to Iran’s embattled leadership, which has had a series of setbacks in the past 20 months of Middle Eastern war and unrest. Salami rose to power six years ago and had a history of threatening the U.S. and Israel.

Analysts believe that Iran may accelerate efforts to acquire a nuclear bomb as it faces a major Israeli assault.

"This confrontation will not end with last night's limited actions and Iran's strikes will continue, and this action will be very painful and regrettable for the aggressors," Fars reported, citing senior military officials.