NARRATIVE – The ceasefire with Hezbollah appears to be respected, but residents are wary.
You can walk without fear in the streets of Kibbutz Manara. Previously, this community located along the Lebanese border was exposed to Hezbollah anti-tank missile fire. Of the 157 “housing units” it has, at least 140 were struck or even destroyed during the war. The alarm sirens did not have time to sound: only the whistle of the missile announced its arrival. You had to throw yourself to the ground. All the residents had left, with the exception of two diehards who shared their daily life with soldiers. Since the announcement of the ceasefire, the risk has disappeared. But the inhabitants of Manara did not return.
From these hills, we see Lebanon to the west, and we can guess Syria to the east. In a matter of hours, the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime and the upheaval it caused shifted attention from the West to the East. But, for communities living along the Lebanese border…
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