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Lebanon said an Israeli onslaught connected Sunday (February 15, 2026) adjacent the Syrian borderline successful the country’s eastbound killed 4 people, arsenic Israel said it had targeted operatives from Palestinian militant radical Islamic Jihad.
Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to extremity much than a twelvemonth of hostilities betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up regular strikes connected Lebanon, usually saying it is targeting the Iran-backed radical but occasionally besides targeting its Palestinian state Hamas.
It appeared to beryllium the archetypal onslaught Israel has claimed successful Lebanon against Islamic Jihad, which is besides allied with Hezbollah, since the truce.
An Israeli drone “targeted a car connected the Lebanese-Syrian border”, the state-run National News Agency said, adding that “four bodies” were wrong the vehicle.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry confirmed the toll successful a statement.
The Israeli subject successful a connection said it “struck Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists successful the Majdal Anjar area”.
Fighters from Islamic Jihad were among those killed successful Lebanon during hostilities betwixt Israel and Hezbollah, which erupted successful October 2023 implicit the Gaza war.
The Palestinian radical and Hamas some claimed immoderate attacks and infiltration attempts from Lebanon during the hostilities.
More than 370 radical person been killed by Israeli occurrence successful Lebanon since the ceasefire, according to an AFP tally of Health Ministry reports.
In enactment with the 2024 truce, the Lebanese service announced successful January that it had completed the archetypal signifier of a authorities program to disarm Hezbollah, covering the country adjacent the Israeli border.
As portion of the Lebanese government’s propulsion to disarm non-state groups, immoderate Palestinian factions successful Lebanon handed implicit weapons successful respective exile camps past twelvemonth to the Lebanese authorities.
Hamas and its Islamic Jihad state person not announced plans to disarm successful Lebanon.
