In Kiryat Shmona, near the Lebanese border, there were 25,000 inhabitants before the war, there are only 3,000 today, in particular because of Hezbollah attacks. Some residents are calling for a return of security to the area.
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It is a region burned by fires caused by the missiles and drones of Lebanese Hezbollah, a region emptied of its inhabitants since October 7. 60,000 people still live in hotels. Northern Israel is at war and Hezbollah is striking the area more and more regularly. For its part, the army ofEThe Hebrew state is targeting Lebanese territory more and more deeply. And this is no time for appeasement since Israeli leaders are proclaiming in unison that we will have to act quickly to regain the upper hand and allow residents to return home.
In Kiryat Shmona, there were 25,000 inhabitants before the war but only 3,000 today, including Raz Malka, aged around 20. He set up the 1701 collective to put pressure on the leaders of theEHebrew tat.
The young man points to a crater 1.5 meters in diameter in the middle of the road. The hole has just been filled in. “We are talking about a 240 millimeter rocket, it completely destroyed this building,” he describes, when suddenly, an alert sounds. An alert “serious”, according to this resident. “It’s a Hezbollah military drone. It’s right above our heads and can see us. It’s one of the most lethal weapons Hezbollah has used since the beginning of this war.”
“We have to stay there and not move for seven minutes until another alert informs us that the drone is gone.”
Raz Malka, resident of Kiryat Shmonaat franceinfo
The interview continues for seven minutes, crouching in the shelter of a thick wall already riddled with shrapnel impacts. “The war is already here, you see it clearly now, continues Raz Malka. I was born and raised here. I like this place. My father’s house that you see over there was destroyed four months ago. The country needs leaders who must make decisions to return security to northern Israel. We have the impression that our region has been forgotten.”
There were five similar alerts in the area that day. On Wednesday June 5, a similar attack with two drones killed a soldier and injured around ten others. It was in Hurfeish, only a few kilometers away.
