BEIRUT: Lebanon mentioned an Israeli strike on Sunday (Feb 15) close to the Syrian border within the nation’s east killed 4 folks, as Israel mentioned it had focused operatives from Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad.
Regardless of a November 2024 truce that sought to finish greater than a 12 months of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up regular strikes on Lebanon, often saying it’s concentrating on the Iran-backed group however sometimes additionally concentrating on its Palestinian ally Hamas.
It seemed to be the primary strike Israel has claimed in Lebanon towards Islamic Jihad, which can be allied with Hezbollah, for the reason that truce.
An Israeli drone “focused a automobile on the Lebanese-Syrian border”, the state-run Nationwide Information Company mentioned, including that “4 our bodies” have been contained in the car.
Lebanon’s well being ministry confirmed the toll in an announcement.
The Israeli army mentioned in an announcement it “struck Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists within the Majdal Anjar space”.
Fighters from Islamic Jihad have been amongst these killed in Lebanon throughout hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which erupted in October 2023 over the Gaza conflict.
The Palestinian group and Hamas each claimed some assaults and infiltration makes an attempt from Lebanon in the course of the hostilities.
Greater than 370 folks have been killed by Israeli hearth in Lebanon for the reason that ceasefire, in accordance with an AFP tally of well being ministry studies.
In step with the 2024 truce, the Lebanese military introduced in January that it had accomplished the primary section of a authorities plan to disarm Hezbollah, protecting the realm close to the Israeli border.
As a part of the Lebanese authorities’s push to disarm non-state teams, some Palestinian factions in Lebanon handed over weapons in a number of refugee camps final 12 months to the Lebanese authorities.
Hamas and its Islamic Jihad ally haven’t introduced plans to disarm in Lebanon.
