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easter sunday from new york. i m fredricka whitfield and we begin this hour in the middle east, where israel says it has carried out air strikes in syrian territory. israel s defense forces releasing a video it says shows strikes on a syrian military compound radar systems and artillery posts. the strikes were launched after israel says rockets were fired from syria toward the golan heights and in the west bank today, a funeral was held for two two british israeli sisters who were killed in an attack on friday. days of violence erupted following an israeli police raid on the al aqsa mosque compound in jerusalem last week. cnn s fred pleitgen is in jerusalem fred what s the latest? fredricka. well, certainly pretty big incident that happened there today on the border with syria when you had those rockets that came flying over from syrian territory, the israel defense forces say they say that those came flying towards the golan heights, which, of course are held by israel ....
take the leaf off. she s gonna drop this on my own. right. he s not supposed to eat the leaf. alright, watching all new eva longoria searching for mexico tonight at nine p.m. on cnn. hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me on fredricka whitfield and we re learning new details about a deadly mass shooting in alabama . at least four people were killed and 15 teenagers shot and wounded at a sweet 16 party. the shooting happened last night in the small town of dade ville. cnn s isabelle rose. alice is following the latest developments and joins me now from dave, ill. isabel, are you learning anything more? hey, fred. yeah, we are learning new details here. one of the four victims that have been killed from the shooting right behind me at this dance studio venue what has been described as a sweet 16 party birthday party has been identified as filled dowdell. mrs. per the dj who attended this event was in charge of the music here. also according to the pastor, ....
tell you what we know about those who were murdered about their lives, not just how their lives ended. three adults and three children at the school were killed yesterday. mike hill was the school custodian. students called him big mike. he loved the kids at the school and his job and he loved his own kids so much. there were seven of them in his 14 grandchildren as well. love to spend time with them and to cook. his family says he was just 61 years old. cynthia peak also was 61. she was a substitute teacher at the school family friend tells local station wsmv she lived most of her life in alabama recently moved to nashville with her husband. she had three children of her own. katherine coons was head of the school. she was 60, a former student with learning disabilities, said that ms coons never gave up on him telling w s m v that there are too many educators who do the world, he said, needs more people like her. how the scruggs dad was the pastor of covenant presbyter ....