The difficult return to Israel’s poisoned border with Lebanon: ‘People are still afraid’
Residents doubt that Hezbollah has been defeated and some are not confident of returning to their homes despite the ceasefire and an Israeli military presence
Amid the rain and wind, a blue United Nations flag flutters above a surveillance post in Lebanese territory, just a few meters from the border fence with Israel. A dividing line poisoned by violence and witness to four Israeli invasions: in 1978, 1982, 2006, and 2024, the latter of which continues to this day. Hugging this demarcation, the road winds through the mountains, leading from Kibbutz Misgav Am, where an Israeli tank is positioned, to Kibbutz Manara, passing through Margaliot, another small farming community.
