Israeli strike on Syrian Golan Heights 'kills son of top military commander and five other fighters from Lebanese Shiite militant group'
Israel has yet to make an official statement on the attack, but local media has quoted a military source as saying the attack had targeted 'terrorists who intended to attack Israel'.
The missile strike hit a Hezbollah convoy in in the Syrian province of Quneitra, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, reportedly killing Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyah.
Five others were killed in the attack, including Mohammed Issa, a senior commander responsible for Hezbollah operations in Syria and Iraq, sources say.
The strike comes three days after Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said he considered frequent Israeli strikes in Syria as a major aggression, and that Syria and its allies had the right to respond.
Hezbollah has been fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces in Syria's nearly four-year-old civil war.
The Hezbollah-run al-Manar news channel did not mention Moughniyah but said Hezbollah had confirmed that a group of its fighters were killed when they were checking an area in Quneitra.
It said Hezbollah would announce the names of the dead later on Sunday.Quneitra has seen heavy fighting between forces loyal to Assad and rebels including fighters linked to al Qaeda.
'An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles on Amal Farms in Quneitra,' the Lebanese news channel said earlier, adding that two reconnaissance planes had also been seen flying over the area.
Israel has struck Syria several times since the start of the war, mostly destroying weaponry such as missiles that Israeli officials said were destined for Hezbollah, Israel's long-time foe in neighbouring Lebanon.
Syria said last month that Israeli jets had bombed areas near Damascus international airport and in the town of Dimas, near the border with Lebanon.
Imad Moughniyah, who was on the United States' most wanted list for attacks on Israeli and Western targets, was assassinated in Damascus in 2008.