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Reporter's notebook: Life blooms again as visitors return to Israel's northern border

Qedesh sits on the border of Lebanon. It is an ancient site dating to an era when this land was Canaan and later to the early Israeli Kingdoms. Later it became a Phoenician city linked to Tyre.

Young Israelis after completing their military service help a lychee farmer at sunrise during the peak of the harvest season at his lychee orchard in Moshav Almagor near the Sea of Galilee, June 25, 2026.
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Government Secretary Yossi Fuchs at government meeting in Nof Hagalil approving a plan to develop North, Thursday June 11, 2026.

Netanyahu vows to restore security in northern Israel as gov't approves NIS 4 b. to help North

An Apache helicopter fires a missile toward Lebanon near the Israeli-Lebanese border in northern Israel, April 26, 2026.

Two injured, car destroyed by Hezbollah drone attack against northern Israel border town

The government approved a multi-year plan to rehabilitate northern communities along the Lebanon border.

Gov’t approves multi-year plan to rehabilitate Kiryat Shmona, northern cities impacted by war


Losing the North: Evacuees plan protest of gov't inaction

"The state of Israel has lost the North," said Matan Davidian, an evacuee who coordinates a group of evacuees from Shlomi.

 A view shows smoke and fire in Lebanon, near the border with Israel, as seen from Nahariya in northern Israel, October 31, 2023.

Finance Committee approves aid expansion for North

Compensation plans for residents and businesses in Israel's north have been previously criticized for providing financial aid retroactively.

 A building in Kiryat Shmona that was hit by a Hezbollah rocket

IDF chief of staff: Israel raising readiness to 'next level,' prepared to strike

Halevi added that any group that fired a rocket into a built-up area intended "to kill children" and lent his support to the Druze community, who he called "brave partners".

  Herzi Halevi carries out meetings, situational assessments in Majdal Shams following a missile strike by Hezbollah, Saturday 27 July 2024

IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones, fires break out in northern Israel

The IDF acknowledged that it had tried to shoot down the drones and failed, without explaining why or how they might improve in the future.

 Fires in the north

Schools in Israel's North may not reopen in time, Kisch says

The Israel-Hamas war and continued escalation on the northern border with Hezbollah has left students from the impacted area in disarray.

 Evacuees from the North at the Yehuda Hotel

Hezbollah claims responsibility for overnight barrage on northern Israel

Hezbollah claimed to have fired the barrage of projectiles in response to the alleged deaths of 3 Syrian children caught up in an Israeli airstrike.

 Smoke and fire rise from a building following an Israeli strike on what the Israeli military says are Hezbollah targets in a location given as Lebanon, amid the ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in this screengrab, November 24, 2023..

After massive Hezbollah barrage leaves homes burning, northern residents call on gov't to do more

Rita Ben Yair, an evacuee from the North, told reporters the time has come to "exact a price from the state of Lebanon."

 Extinguishing a fire that broke out near Kiryat Shmona due to rocket fire

Northern evacuees to Hezbollah: 'Beirut, your time is coming'

“Beirut, your time is coming!” the video warned, following Hezbollah’s rocket barrage on Tuesday. “Get ready, you’re running out of time!”

 People shout slogans as they carry the coffin of Hezbollah member Abbas Raad, senior Hezbollah figure and member of parliament Mohammad Raad's son, who was killed along with four fighters in what Hezbollah said was an Israeli strike

Reporter's Notebook: The lack of shelters continues to haunt northern Israel 

A drive around Kiryat Shmona and northern Israel, amidst the quiet of the ghost town and the chirping birds, reveals a sense that much more must be done to bring necessary protections.

 People take cover as a siren warns of incoming rockets fired from Lebanon, into the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 19, 2024.

Lebanon's Hezbollah launches more than 200 rockets, 20 drones on North

Questions arise about killing Hezbollah commander in the midst of ceasefire talks

 Grad rockets used by Hezbollah