A Lebanese security source told Reuters news agency that an Israeli air strike on a car near the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Tuesday, killed Salman Jumaa, a prominent Hezbollah figure responsible for communicating with the Syrian army.

The official Syrian News Agency reported the news of the raid on the airport road. But it did not provide details about the victims. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army.

Israel rarely acknowledges its strikes in Syria; It carried out a years-long air campaign against what it says are Iranian military assets, and those belonging to Iran's allies, including Hezbollah.

In a rare announcement last month, Israel said it had struck Hezbollah intelligence assets near Damascus.