Divided by language, religion and a fortified fence, residents on both sides of the Israeli-Lebanese border are facing upheaval as growing violence forces tens of thousands of civilians to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary elsewhere.
The borderlands have seen constant, but so far limited, clashes, between the Israeli military and fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah since aIsrael on Friday ordered the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents from Kiryat Shmona, one of the biggest towns on its northern border following a heavy cross-border exchange of fire in the area the day before.
"They did not give us a warning to get out of our homes, as a precaution. We have children. We came in our cars and we fled. I was cooking. I left the gas open. I saw that the house of our neighbours was destroyed," he told Reuters.said a journalist was killed by Israeli gunfire on Thursday across the border from Kiryat Shmona, while Israel said on Friday it had targeted three fighters from the Iran-backed Hezbollah group near the border.
Nissim Tsabaria, an elderly Israeli who walks with a stick, waved goodbye to neighbours as he clambered into his car.
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