Syria-Lebanon border strike said to kill Hezbollah operative, three from Islamic Jihad

Syrian media and an official with a Lebanese group say four people were killed in an alleged Israeli strike that hit a car in Syria near the border with Lebanon.

The Lebanese official says the strike killed one member of the Hezbollah terror group and three members of the allied Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.

There is no immediate comment from Israeli or Syrian officials on the strike.

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Islamic Jihad has sent a stream of fighters from Syria to join Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon who have been clashing with Israeli forces along the border since October 8, a day after the Hamas-led incursion into southern Israel sparked the ongoing war in Gaza. Both groups are supported by Iran.

Israel also frequently targets Iran-backed fighters in Syria, although it rarely acknowledges the strikes.