Exclusive: Inside Hezbollah’s battle for Bint Jbeil and Khiam

Exclusive: Inside Hezbollah’s battle for Bint Jbeil and Khiam Submitted by MEE correspondent on Tue, 04/21/2026 - 09:14 The Lebanese towns hold both strategic and symbolic weight for Israel. Sources close to Hezbollah describe how the Israelis failed to hold them Destroyed buildings in Bint Jbeil, southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border in northern Israel, 13 April 2026 (Reuters/Florion Goga) On For weeks, Israel bombarded Bint Jbeil and Khiam, repeatedly attempting to encircle the southern Lebanese towns. Yet neither fully fell to Israel’s invading military.