Surrounded by Lebanon to the west and the north and Syria to the east, Kyriat Shmona is closer to Beirut and Damascus than Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, sitting less than a mile from the border with Lebanon
Four-in-five residents of Kyriat Shmona, Israel, have abandoned their homes. Many fear a Hamas-style attack by Hezbollah terrorists from the north. But some have chosen to stay and defend their homesIsrael’s most northern city is a ghost town haunted by fear of an attack from Hezbollah - where one of the few stores still open is a gun shop selling weapons to the few residents who have not fled.
Last night the Israeli Defence Force had carried out a series of air strikes in Lebanon as they try to prevent the almost inevitable attack by the Iranian-backed terror group on the Jewish state.Four in five Kyriat Shmona residents have already fled the city following Hamas' attack on Israel earlier this month
They fear that Hezbollah will follow Hamas’ lead and send fighters across the border to kill, rape and kidnap families in their homes.The city has become a ghost town since its population leftFire was visible on the Lebanon side of the border from an Israeli artillery bombardment of a Hezbollah position on the mountain side this morning
Outside the gun-shop, retired scientist Arieh Dekel stops for a few moments while on his way to the firing range. While out walking his dog Gucci with his nine-year-old son Gabriel in the middle-class neighbourhood of Yuvalim Quarter, he explained: ‘Everyone has left. But I want to die in my own house.‘Of course we worry. We hear gunfire and rockets all the time.
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