Lebanonsaid an Israeli strike on Sunday near the Syrian border in the country's east killed four people, as Israel said it had targeted operatives from Palestinian militant groupIslamic Jihad.

Despite a November 2024 truce that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, Israel has kept up regular strikes onLebanon, usually saying it is targeting the Iran-backed group but occasionally also targeting its Palestinian allyHamas.

It appeared to be the first strike Israel has claimed inLebanonagainst Islamic Jihad, which is also allied with Hezbollah, since the truce.

An Israeli drone "targeted a car on the Lebanese-Syrian border", the state-run National News Agency said, adding that "four bodies" were inside the vehicle.

Lebanon's health ministry confirmed the toll in a statement.

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The Israeli military in a statement said it "struck Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Majdal Anjar area".

Fighters from Islamic Jihad were among those killed inLebanonduring hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, which erupted in October 2023 over theGaza war.

The Palestinian group and Hamas both claimed some attacks and infiltration attempts fromLebanonduring the hostilities.

More than 370 people have been killed by Israeli fire inLebanonsince the ceasefire, according to an AFP tally of health ministry reports.

In line with the 2024 truce, the Lebanese army announced in January that it had completed the first phase of a government plan to disarmHezbollah,covering the area near the Israeli border.

As part of the Lebanese government's push to disarm non-state groups, some Palestinian factions inLebanonhanded over weapons in several refugee camps last year to the Lebanese authorities.

Hamas and its Islamic Jihad ally have not announced plans to disarm inLebanon.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP)

Originally published on France24