Aerial interception over Khiam and fires in the town in southern Lebanon

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1. 10 Oct 2026, 17:49 The Israeli army announced that it fired an interceptor missile toward a suspicious target near its forces in southern Lebanon and that the incident is under review, while Lebanon Debate's correspondent reported the explosion of an interceptor missile over the town of Khiam in southern Lebanon.
2. 10 Oct 2026, 17:49 The National News Agency reported that Israeli forces set fire to several areas of Khiam, causing fires that reached olive trees and heavy smoke, while the sound of an explosion was heard in the town of Adsheet al-Qusayba.
3. 10 Oct 2026, 19:47 MTV Lebanon reported that Israeli forces set fire to Al-Mabarrat school in the town of Khiam in the Marjayoun district, and also carried out a sweeping operation with machine guns toward the Ain Arab area.
4. 10 Oct 2026, 19:48 The Israeli army spokesperson announced the launch of an interceptor projectile toward a suspicious aerial target detected in an area where its forces are deployed in southern Lebanon, noting that the results of the interception are still under examination without determining the nature or origin of the target or confirming the success of the interception, amid continued Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling on southern areas with low-altitude drone flights over southern Lebanon and its east.

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