According to the ANI news agency, an Israeli drone "targeted a car on the Lebanese-Syrian border" in the Majdal Anjar region, killing four people on Sunday, a toll confirmed by the Lebanese Ministry of Health. For the first time since the ceasefire, the Israeli army says it has targeted the Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

Published on: 02/16/2026 - 00:11 Modified on: 02/16/2026 - 08:52

Despite the truce concluded in November 2024, Israel carries out regular strikes in Lebanon. The latest, on Sunday February 15, left four dead in the east of the country, official Lebanese sources reported.

The Israeli army generally says it targets pro-Iranian Hezbollah, but also Palestinian Hamas. Sunday's strike appears to be the first against Islamic Jihad announced by Israel since the ceasefire.

According to the official Lebanese news agency ANI, an Israeli drone "targeted a car on the Lebanese-Syrian border", killing four people. The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed this report.

The Israeli army, in a statement, said it had “struck Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Majdal Anjar region.”

Members of Islamic Jihad were killed during hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which erupted in the wake of the war in the Gaza Strip. During this period, Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility for attacks and infiltration attempts in Lebanon.

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Continued Israeli raids in Lebanon

Despite the November 2024 ceasefire, Israel carries out regular strikes in Lebanon and has maintained troops in five areas it considers strategic. Since this agreement, more than 370 people have been killed in Israeli raids in Lebanon, according to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP) based on data from the Ministry of Health.

In accordance with the ceasefire agreement, the Lebanese army announced in January that it had completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, in the area south of the Litani River, approximately 30 km from the Israeli border.

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If certain Palestinian factions handed over weapons to the Lebanese authorities last year, determined to accelerate disarmament, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have not announced their intention to do the same.

With AFP

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