Israeli air strikes kill eight soldiers in Syria’s Daraa

Israeli attacks 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 Daraa. The strike also caused material damage, it 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.