STORY: :: Explosions rock southern Lebanon's city of Nabatieh as Lebanese state news reports Israeli strikes
:: Nabatieh, Lebanon / April 16, 2026
Fighting continued to rage in south Lebanon, notably in the Lebanese border town of Bint Jbeil, a Hezbollah stronghold and strategic prize which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday (April 15) the Israeli military was about to "overcome."
A senior Lebanese official said that Lebanon's assessment was that Israel wanted to secure a victory in Bint Jbeil before diplomatic progress could be made.
An Israeli strike destroyed the last bridge over the Litani River into the south, a senior Lebanese security source said, fully severing almost a tenth of Lebanon from the rest of the country after Israel destroyed other crossings during the war.
Hezbollah announced new rocket attacks at Israel. In Israel, sirens rang out warning of incoming rockets, sending residents of several northern Israeli towns running to bomb shelters.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
