Israel army says shelling Syria after projectiles launched

The Israeli military said it was shelling targets in Syria on Tuesday in response to a pair of projectile launches, with Defence Minister Israel Katz saying he held Syria’s leader “directly responsible”.

Syria’s foreign affairs ministry denied firing the projectiles and said the country “has never been and will never be a threat to anyone in the region”.

Israeli media said Tuesday’s strikes were the first fired from Syria into Israeli territory since the fall of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad…