Hezbollah announced on Friday that they had been killed seven of the menbut did not specify where they were killed, saying only that “martyred on the road to Jerusalem.”

A Hezbollah official and a Lebanese security official said the seven fighters were killed in neighboring Syria in the morning. They spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with regulations. Pro-government Syrian media they reported an Israeli airstrike in the central province of Homs in the early hours of Friday.

Hezbollah fought in Syria alongside Syrian government forces, where they helped tip the balance of power pro-Assad during the country’s 12-year conflict.

The Israeli military said earlier Friday that it struck targets in Syria after drone attack on the Red Sea city of Eilat saying they came from Syria. Since October 8, they have been exchanging fire with Israeli troops along the Lebanese-Israeli border.

The latest deaths bring to 68 the number of Hezbollah members killed since the Israel-Hamas war began last month.