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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


Restoring Israel's sovereignty in the North shouldn't be tied to the war in Gaza - analysis

Why isn't the world blasting Hezbollah for this unprovoked act of war? Why isn't there enormous pressure on the Lebanese government to rein in Hezbollah? 

View of a large fire in open areas near Kadita, in the Galilee area, northern Israel, on June 12, 2024

Losing the North: Damage from Hezbollah slams employment, industry - interview

Polls have shown that some 40% of those evacuated are considering not returning to the North, said Bezek.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

Reporters Notebook: Protecting the home front in northern Israel - exclusive

In an exclusive interview with 'The Jerusalem Post,' Home Front commander Lt. Col Eran Salmon compares the challenges Israel faces today to Israel’s second war of independence.

 IDF's Northern Command and the Home Front Command work closely together to protect Israelis in the North

Majority of Jewish Israelis support 'full force attack' against Hezbollah - poll

Regarding Gaza, most Jewish Israelis prefer a civil administration by Palestinian elements and Arab states, with Israel responsible for security.

 FIREFIGHTERS TRY to extinguish a forest fire that started from a Hezbollah missile fired from Lebanon at the Biriya Forest, on June 4.

Following heavy Hezbollah fire, IDF finishes exercise against northern threats

The IDF's exercise simulated various combat scenarios while emphasizing movements and capabilities in complex terrain, using multi-scale fire and complex combat scenarios.

 IDF brigades training in northern Israel, June 13, 2024.

Israel must target civilian infrastructure in Lebanon to pressure Hezbollah, IDSF head says

IDSF CEO Lt. Col. (res.) Yaron Buskila discussed Israel's escalation with Hezbollah, emphasizing the need to hold both Hezbollah and Lebanon accountable.

 An Israeli military observation post overlooks Israel's border with Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, in northern Israel March 19, 2024.

The fires in northern Israel are a wake-up call to complacency - analysis

The recent massive fires over the last few days has forced the public to look at what is happening. We hear demands that this cannot continue, for the first time in eight months.

 View of Kiryat Shmona entrance sign that was burned in a fire, June 4, 2024

The forgotten citizens of the North: A day on Israel's Lebanese border - comment

The world has forgotten about the displaced Israelis of the North, whose family structures, social interactions, jobs, and communities are lost and dysfunctional.

 THE WRITER is briefed on the Lebanese border by an IDF expert on Hezbollah missiles.

Escalation with Hezbollah places Israel in a bind - analysis

While Israeli leaders seek to do something about the Hezbollah threat, politicians cannot decide on a 'day after' plan for Gaza, which hampers the ability to come up with a plan for Hezbollah.

 Smoke billows over northern Israel after rockets were fired from Lebanon, amid ongoing cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, by Israel's border with Lebanon, May 17, 2024.

'Government is destroying the North': Local leaders say citizens will leave without solution

More and more residents are leaving the North, and the situation is not improving.

 Northern Israelis, evacuated from their homes following the war, protesting demanding the government to return them to their homes, in central Jerusalem, May 16, 2024