Israel launched airstrikes on Syria Wednesday, killing three troops and hitting Iranian targets in what the Israeli army called a retaliatory attack after it found explosive devices along its northern border.
A Syrian war monitoring group said the strikes killed 10, including the three Syrian soldiers and at least five Iranians.
An Israeli military statement said its fighter jets hit "military targets belonging to the Iranian Quds force and the Syrian Armed Forces," in overnight strikes.
The targets included "storage facilities, headquarters and military compounds" as well as "Syrian surface-to-air missile batteries", according to an army statement.
Syrian state news agency SANA said the strikes killed three of its soldiers and injured another.
On Tuesday, Israel's military said it had discovered improvised explosive devices (IEDs) on its side of a border crossing point with Syria.
Israel and Syria have a border along the Golan Heights, which Israel has occupied since the 1967 Six Day War.
According to the Israeli military statement, the IEDs "were placed by a Syrian squad led by Iranian forces."
Israel's army said it "holds the Syrian regime responsible for all the actions perpetrated from its territory and will continue to operate as necessary against the Iranian entrenchment in Syria."
The airstrikes came hours before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is to land in Israel for talks including on Iran, in what is likely to be his last visit to the staunch American ally before President Donald Trump leaves office.
Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign against Iran has included sanctions and scrapping of the nuclear deal agreed between Tehran and world powers during Barack Obama's presidency.
