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Syria says Israeli attack kills eight soldiers-state media

BEIRUT — An Israeli attack on military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday killed eight soldiers and wounded seven more, the Syrian state news agency (SANA) reported.

Citing a military source, SANA said Israel's "aerial aggression" targeted a number of military positions near the southwestern city of Deraa. The strike also caused material damage, it reported.

The attack took place at around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday (2245 GMT on Tuesday), SANA reported.

Israel's military said earlier that its jets had struck Syrian army infrastructure and mortar launchers early on Wednesday in what it described as a response to rocket launches from Syria toward Israel.


BEIRUT — An Israeli attack on military
positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday killed eight soldiers
and wounded seven more, the Syrian state news agency (SANA)
reported.
Citing a military source, SANA said Israel's "aerial
aggression" targeted a number of military positions near the
southwestern city of Deraa. The strike also caused material
damage, it...