Some who live close to the border with Lebanon believe a deal would allow them to raise their children in safety, but others say communities are split
Business at Sergio Helman’s hummus restaurant has been slow in recent months but he has kept working to support his five children.Business at Sergio Helman’s hummus restaurant has been slow in recent months but he has kept working to support his five children.
This soon may change. A ceasefire to end the 13-month conflict between Israel and the Lebanese Islamist militant movement Hezbollah now looks possible, even likely.Yamit Malul Yanai, who was interviewed from a shelter during alerts, said: ‘The residents of Kiryat Shmona don’t want to be a human shield for the rest of the country’., health officials say, and about a million are displaced. Forty-four civilians and more than 70 soldiers have been killed in Israel’s north.
A former senior artillery officer, Bergman said the IDF’s airstrikes across Lebanon and its extensive ground attack into southern Lebanon had “done a good job”, so the time had come to end the war. Military officials say the IDF has destroyed much of Hezbollah’s military infrastructure along the border.
There is little sense at the kibbutz that the war is winding down. Artillery is clearly audible, as are the launch of anti-rocket missiles that leave a brown trail through the blue sky. Israeli warplanes roar overhead. “We are not expecting a promise of eternal peace. I just want a quiet life to raise my kids and I know that the Lebanese people over the fence want the same … All wars end in diplomatic agreements so this will too,” he said.
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