An Israeli raid in eastern Lebanon resulted in the killing of 4 people in a targeting that Beirut said was carried out with a drone on a car near the border with Syria, while the Israeli army announced that it had struck “terrorist elements” from Islamic Jihad in light of the continued violations of the truce.
Published on: 02/16/2026 - 00:20Last updated: 02/16/2026 - 08:07
On Sunday, an Israeli strike in eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border claimed the lives of four people, according to what was reported by the country's official media, while Israel said it targeted members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement.
Israel is still carrying out raids on Lebanese territory, despite the validity of the ceasefire reached in November 2024, following a war with Hezbollah that lasted more than a year.
The Hebrew state usually says that it is attacking Hezbollah fighters, and it also sometimes talks about targeting members of the Hamas movement.
However, this time Tel Aviv's announcement of a bombing targeting the Islamic Jihad movement in Lebanon appears to be a precedent since the adoption of the truce.
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According to the state-run National News Agency in Lebanon, “an enemy Israeli march targeted a car on the Lebanese-Syrian border,” noting that “the bodies of four martyrs are still inside the vehicle.”
A statement issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed the death toll of four.
On the other hand, the Israeli army stated in its statement that it had struck “terrorist elements in the Islamic Jihad movement in the Majdal Anjar area.”
During the war that broke out between Israel and Hezbollah, a number of Islamic Jihad fighters were killed in Lebanon.
In the context of these confrontations between Hezbollah, which is close to Iran, and Israel, both Islamic Jihad and Hamas claimed responsibility for some attacks on Israeli targets, in addition to attempts to infiltrate Israeli territory from Lebanese territory.
A tally prepared by the French Press Agency, based on data from the Lebanese Ministry of Health, indicates that more than 370 people have died in Lebanon as a result of Israeli strikes since the truce entered into force.
The Lebanese Army also announced in January the completion of the first phase of the plan to confine weapons to state institutions, which includes a geographical strip extending thirty kilometers from the border with Israel.
In a complementary step, last August, the Lebanese government ratified the principle of restricting weapons to the legitimate forces, in implementation of the terms of the November 2024 truce.
In line with this plan, during the past year, some Palestinian factions handed over quantities of weapons to the Lebanese authorities in a number of refugee camps.
However, Hamas and Islamic Jihad have not yet announced any practical path to disarming Lebanon.
France 24/AFP
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