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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


UJA Federation of New York invests NIS 40 million in support of front-line municipalities in Israel

The newly announced funds will extend direct support to all 39 communities that have been evacuated from the northern front-line areas.

 Israeli soldiers use a tank during a military drill in the Golan Heights, February 20, 2024

From defense to offense: IDF prepares for action on northern front

As tensions along Israel's northern border threaten to spill over into open war, the IDF has worked to prepare its troops for mobilization.

 IDF Northern Command soldiers complete another phase of preparedness on the northern border.

Hezbollah ramps up terrorist activity in 'unprecedented' Beirut-area deployment

Arab media sources claimed eyewitness reports that Hezbollah deployed terrorists in an "unprecedented" manner in the group's stronghold in Beirut.

 A supporter of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah holds his picture during a rally commemorating the group's late leaders in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon February 16, 2024.

Inside the hornet’s nest: A look at the IDF reservist unit operating against Hezbollah

Uncovering the IDF reserve unit that stayed behind to protect northern towns and is preparing for any possible scenario, including October 7-style infiltrations and combat with Hezbollah terrorists.

 Israeli security forces at the site where two drones entered Israel from Lebanon crashed in an open area near Kfar Blum, northern Israel, January 25, 2024.

Israel at war: IDF struck over 4,500 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, Syria

As part of those attacks, the IDF has killed over 300 Hezbollah terrorists as well as injured over 750, with nearly all of the terror group's border lookout posts destroyed.

 take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, February 13, 2024

Power outages and full hospitals: How will Israel prepare for war in North? - report

While much of the focus has been on Gaza, Israeli officials are beginning to prepare for various scenarios should Israel and Hezbollah engage in a larger war

 A Military helicopter evacuates injured people from the Ziv Medical center in Tzfat, after being injured earlier today from a missile fired by the terrorist organization Hezbollah to a military base in Tzfat , February 14, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90

Israel is at war with Hezbollah - editorial

We can’t abandon a huge swath of the country and leave people like Mira and Barak Ayalon in the crosshairs of Hezbollah. Civilian casualties are not acceptable and must be addressed.

 Israeli artillery unit stationed near the Israeli border with Lebanon, northern Israel, December 12, 2023

IDF begins distributing weapons to standby squads in Israel's North

During the coming weeks, the IDF and the Defense Ministry will complete the placement of containers and the distribution of equipment to the standby squads in other localities as well.

The IDF begins distribution of weapons to standby squads in the North. January 9, 2024.