{"id":16983,"date":"2024-01-23T12:50:22","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/no-end-in-sight-evacuated-israeli-city-braces-for-possible-war-with-hezbollah-2\/23\/01\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T12:50:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T17:50:22","slug":"no-end-in-sight-evacuated-israeli-city-braces-for-possible-war-with-hezbollah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/no-end-in-sight-evacuated-israeli-city-braces-for-possible-war-with-hezbollah-2\/23\/01\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018No End in Sight\u2019: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"site-content\">\n<div>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: <!-- -->\u2018No End in Sight\u2019: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"video-header\">\n<div class=\"css-1g7y0i5 e1drnplw0\"><button tabindex=\"100\" class=\"css-1rtlxy\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"close\"><svg width=\"60\" height=\"60\" viewbox=\"0 0 60 60\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"30\" cy=\"30\" r=\"30\" fill=\"white\" fill-opacity=\"0.9\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M38.4844 20.1006L39.8986 21.5148L21.5138 39.8996L20.0996 38.4854L38.4844 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M21.5156 20.1006L20.1014 21.5148L38.4862 39.8996L39.9004 38.4854L21.5156 20.1006Z\" fill=\"black\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-18ow4sz e1drnplw2\">\n<div aria-labelledby=\"modal-title\" role=\"region\">\n<header class=\"css-1bzlfz\">\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"css-1igvuto\"><span>Back<\/span><\/button><\/header>\n<div class=\"css-uzyn7p\">\n<div class=\"css-1vxywau\">\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-9wqu2x\">\u2018No End in Sight\u2019: Evacuated Israeli City Braces for Possible War With Hezbollah<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">As tensions escalated on Israel\u2019s northern border with Lebanon after Oct. 7, Israel evacuated tens of thousands of residents from the region, including from Kiryat Shmona, a town with 24,000 people. Months later, evacuees remain in limbo, and the mayor insists they cannot return until Hezbollah militants are pushed back.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<dl class=\"css-p98d0w\">\n<dt class=\"css-xx7kwh\"\/>\n<dd class=\"css-4gvq6l\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">On the Lebanon-Israel border, an almost daily exchange of missile fire that started on October 7 threatens to trigger a larger war. And communities on both sides are caught in the crossfire. Avichai Stern, the mayor of Israel\u2019s northernmost city, Kiryat Shmona, heads to the scene of a recent Hezbollah rocket attack to assess the damage. His city is located just a mile from the Lebanon border, making it an easy target. But buildings here are mostly vacant now. In the days after October 7, Israel\u2019s military evacuated 125,000 residents from border areas over fears of another major attack. It is the largest internal displacement in the country\u2019s history. Now more than three months after the Hamas attack, the government is facing increasing pressure to push Hezbollah forces back from the border and to get more than 20,000 evacuees from Kiryat Shmona home. There are others, like the city\u2019s former mayor, who decided to stay and say they\u2019ve lived with the threat of Hezbollah for years. He argues the government should not have made residents leave in the first place. Israel\u2019s defense system intercepts some rockets, but here many get through. Mayor Stern shuttles between his city and state-funded hotels to the South, reminding residents and evacuees that Hezbollah\u2019s elite Radwan force is still a threat. Speaking to soldiers in Kiryat Shmona on January 9, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will hit Lebanon with the same intensity as it hit Gaza if Hezbollah doesn\u2019t pull back. In recent days, Israel\u2019s military said it\u2019s deployed along the entire northern border and is poised at high readiness to defend and attack. 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