Israel’s military has continued to bombard villages and towns across the Nabatieh governorate in southern Lebanon overnight, amid “fierce” clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters around the town of Khiam, reports citing Lebanon’s . Israeli forces also subjected Khiam to “huge bombings” as ground troops in Merkava tanks tried to advance on the town. Hezbollah fighters clashed with the troops in a “fierce manner” and hit two of the tanks.