Death by a thousand cuts, war of attrition, war of nerves, psychological war... however you put it, Israel is not better placed than its opponents to sustain a long multifront conflict.
Some 100,000 residents evacuated from Lebanon border region amid Hezbollah fire as communities turn to military bases; local leaders struggle to estimate scope of damage, length of war and whether residents would ever choose to return
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As war rages on, northern communities ravaged and uncertainty abounds
Some 100,000 residents evacuated from Lebanon border region amid Hezbollah fire as communities turn to military bases; local leaders struggle to estimate scope of damage, length of war and whether residents would ever choose to return.
The devastation is widespread in the communities along the northern border with Lebanon. Residents evacuated two and a half months ago, but since then, their homes have been burned, roads ruined and infrastructure shattered by incoming fire from Hezbollah and, equally, by the tanks, APCs and other IDF hardware that transformed these communities into frontline outposts.
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"We are living in a crazy reality," said Giora Zaltz, head of the Upper Galilee Regional Council. "The government has established a security zone inside Israel rather than in Lebanon. The military operates from the border communities, and when a Merkava tank fires from within a newly built neighborhood, the shockwave demolishes doors and shatters windows."
