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Syria Says Israeli Attack Kills Eight Soldiers 

Israel attacked military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers. (Getty Images/AFP file)
Israel attacked military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers. (Getty Images/AFP file)
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Syria Says Israeli Attack Kills Eight Soldiers 

Israel attacked military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers. (Getty Images/AFP file)
Israel attacked military positions in southwest Syria on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers. (Getty Images/AFP file)

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 Daraa. 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.

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4 Hezbollah Members Among 71 Fighters Killed in Syria's Palmyra

Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
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4 Hezbollah Members Among 71 Fighters Killed in Syria's Palmyra

Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS
Smoke billows following an explosion after an attack on the historic city of Palmyra, Syria November 20, 2024, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. via REUTERS

Israeli strikes killed 71 pro-Iran operatives in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with more than a third of them identified as fighters from Iraq and Lebanon, a monitor said Thursday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Wednesday's strikes included 45 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups, 26 foreign fighters, most of them from the Iraqi Al-Nujaba movement, and four from Lebanon's Hezbollah armed group.

The strikes targeted three sites in the city renowned for its ancient ruins, including one that hit a meeting of pro-Iranian groups with leaders from Al-Nujaba and Hezbollah.

Syria said the Israeli strikes on the central city killed 36 people and wounded more than 50 others, in the latest toll issued by the defense ministry, according to Agence France Presse.

"The Israeli enemy launched an air attack from the direction of the Al-Tanf area, targeting a number of buildings in the city of Palmyra," it said on Wednesday.