Residents in Houla heard the sound of an explosion between 10:15:27 PM and 11:15:17 PM UTC on February 27, 2026, according to monitoring source [[جنوب لبنان]]راصد العدو. The nature of the explosion has not yet been determined. The source provided no additional details on the exact timing, location within Houla, or any casualties during this 59-minute reporting window. This incident follows previous reports of regional tensions, including young men targeting Israeli forces with improvised explosive devices in Silat al-Harithiya west of Jenin earlier on February 27, as noted by the same monitoring source.