Major explosions were reported in the south Lebanese town of Khiam early on Wednesday as Israel and Lebanon began a second day of direct talks in Rome.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported “a huge bombing” at 3am in Khiam, a strategic and highly symbolic town that is occupied by Israel.
The Israeli military is carrying out a campaign of destruction in the dozens of towns and villages it occupies in south Lebanon – detonating what it says is Hezbollah infrastructure but also flattening homes and other buildings.
Khiam was a key early battleground after war broke out again between Hezbollah and Israel in early March. The town had already suffered extensive damage in their previous year-long war that ended with a ceasefire in November 2024.
