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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 374

Metula

A class held in a temporary school in Eilat, November 2023. (courtesy Education Ministry)
August 31, 2024, 5:58 am
Amid deep uncertainty, it’s back to school – but not back home – for northern evacuees
For the second year in a row, many displaced students will attend temporary schools scattered across Israel as their families question when, or if, they will ever return northward
By Gavriel Fiske
Smoke plumes billow after rockets were fired from Marjeyoun in southern Lebanon towards Metula across the border in northern Israel on July 12, 2024 (Rabih Daher/AFP)
August 27, 2024, 5:35 pm
Poetry festival moves from evacuated northern border town Metula to Jerusalem
Along with most residents, event is forced to relocate southward; with poems of battle, loss and rebirth, co-director says war ‘opened a kind of black box’ of trauma for many poets
By Jessica Steinberg
Black smoke rises from homes in the northern Israeli border community of Metula after being hit by Hezbollah anti-tank missiles, as seen from the Lebanese town of Marjayoun, June 22, 2024. (AP/Hussein Malla)
June 24, 2024, 11:53 am
Two members of Metula security team injured in Hezbollah missile attack Sunday
One officer listed in serious condition; IDF strikes terror group’s sites in southern Lebanon overnight
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: A picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Alma al-Shaab shows smoke rising from an Israeli military outpost after a rocket attack by Lebanon's Hezbollah terror group, on April 6, 2024. (Kawnat Haju/AFP)
April 20, 2024, 11:56 pm
IDF strikes in Lebanon kill at least 3 Hezbollah gunmen; missile hits Metula home
Army says it targeted members of the terror group throughout the day
By Emanuel Fabian
Ori Gini listens to a friend speak at a gathering for evacuated students from Israel's north in Tel Aviv on March 26, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
March 30, 2024, 9:49 am
Evacuated by rocket fire, iconic Kiryat Shmona bar temporarily transplants to Tel Aviv
Founders and patrons of unique student hangout Patifon reunite for special events to preserve community spirit until they can get back home
By Canaan Lidor
Liat Cohen Raviv. (Dafna Talmon)
March 23, 2024, 3:36 pm
Uprooted: Liat Cohen Raviv, 49, from Kiryat Shmona. This is her story
Liat Cohen Raviv, 49, married mother of two supports organizations in processes of change and adaptive leadership and was evacuated to the Galilee ● This is her story
By Tamar Mor Sela
Smoke billowing in the northern border town of Metula as it was targeted by projectiles fired from terror groups in Lebanon, as seen from the southern Lebanon town of Marjayoun, March 21, 2024. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
March 21, 2024, 11:39 pm
IDF jets strike Hezbollah cell in south Lebanon after projectiles hit northern town
Building reported damaged, none injured, as anti-tank missiles fired at Metula and other communities; Lebanese reports: ‘Unprecedented’ Hezbollah deployment on streets of Beirut
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Hezbollah members are seen approaching the border between Israel and Lebanon, before the IDF sets off a blast scaring them away, July 12, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 12, 2023, 7:43 pm
IDF foils attempt by Hezbollah activists to damage Lebanon border fence
3 members of Iran-backed terror group hurt by non-lethal blast; in separate incident, troops fire warning shots at suspects setting fires near Metula
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of a stink bomb, bottom right, exploding next to Hezbollah operatives aiming a laser across the border from Lebanon into Israel. (Channl 12. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 16, 2023, 9:12 am
Hezbollah harassing northern residents with lasers; IDF responds with stink bombs
Terror group’s operatives said to aim beams across border fence at town of Metulla; after UN fails to intervene, army drops smelly riot-control packages on perpetrators
By ToI Staff
The border fence between Lebanon and Israel, as seen from the village of Ghajar, in northern Israel, January 13, 2023. (Issac Harari/Flash90)
February 7, 2023, 1:46 pm
Israeli man who snuck into Lebanon in fog is a repeated border crosser, IDF says
Suspect thought to have mental health issues; his first recorded crossing into Lebanon was some 20 years ago
By Emanuel Fabian
The border fence between Lebanon and Israel, as seen from the village of Ghajar, in northern Israel, September 7, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
February 5, 2023, 11:13 pm
In 2nd incident in a week, man crosses border from Israel into Lebanon
Unclear whether man is an Israeli citizen; military says it is looking into the case; Lebanese media says he climbed over the fence near Metulla
By Emanuel Fabian
Shiite Lebanese members of Iranian-backed Hezbollah walk barefoot as they carry a poster showing Hezbollah drones with Arabic words that reads: "We are coming," during the holy day of Ashoura in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. (AP/Hussein Malla)
October 7, 2022, 1:48 am
Mossad head said to warn of face-saving Hezbollah strike on gas field as deal wavers
Cabinet reportedly gives Lapid, Gantz, Bennett power to deal with rising tensions; northern council urges tourists to visit despite fears wobbling border pact could spark conflict
By ToI Staff
At the annual Poetry Festival, held in Metulla, this year taking place September 8-10, 2022 (Courtesy Nir Shaanani)
August 24, 2022, 6:23 am
Poetry still matters, especially at Metulla’s annual festival
Quarter-century mark for Israeli poets’ event brings new sounds, voices and topics
By Jessica Steinberg
Defense Ministry and military engineers work to construct bomb shelters in homes in the northern town of Shlomi, June 28, 2022. (Defense Ministry)
June 28, 2022, 11:30 am
Facing Hezbollah threat, Israel ramps up bomb shelter construction in north
Dozens of safe rooms being built adjacent to Lebanon border in Shlomi; bids for construction begin in several other towns, with plans to eventually place them in 21 locations
By Emanuel Fabian
An undated photograph of a newly installed bomb shelter in the community of Kfar Yuval along Israel's border with Lebanon. (Defense Ministry)
December 27, 2021, 4:37 pm
Fearing Hezbollah rockets, Defense Ministry reinforces northern Israeli communities
Government expands program that began last month, will install home bomb shelters in 3 more communities along Lebanon border, with plans to eventually place them in 21
By Judah Ari Gross
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