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Ori Eliyahu at On The Border Cafe in Shtula, on the border with Lebanon, on July 14, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2026, 4:35 pm
On Lebanese border, a village still in Hezbollah crosshairs prepares for comeback
As part of a $6 billion push, government campaign to attract residents to northern frontline communities starts Sunday; Shtula, with 60% of its prewar population, to get 15 new homes
By Diana Bletter
Aerial view of Emek Hefer. (Guy Shmueli)
July 4, 2026, 10:44 am
Push for gas-fired power plants throws rural Israel into turmoil
Plan for up to 13 new stations to bolster country’s electric grid divides communities, as state puts sensitive land deals in hands of private entrepreneurs
By Sue Surkes
President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal pay their respects on October 9, 2024 at a memorial to five security team members who fell fighting Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, at Moshav Mivtachim, close to the Gaza border in southern Israel. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)
February 12, 2025, 7:02 am
Just 138 yards too far from the Gaza border, towns are denied post-Oct. 7 state support
As their immediate neighbors receive rehabilitation funds from the national Tekuma Directorate, four communities are suffering the same effects from the war, without the support
By Sue Surkes
Neighbors attempt to douse fires after a rocket attack on a house in Netiv Hashayara on October 24, 2024. (Margalit Boyarsky)
October 25, 2024, 4:45 pm
Resolutely rooted war-time farmers work together to douse Hezbollah rocket flames
At an agricultural village 15km from the Lebanon border, after a Soviet Grad directly hits a Western Galilee house, residents race to put out fires — and replant avocado orchards
By Diana Bletter
Dikla Nasimi listens to her son Eliron at their home in Avdon on June 29, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
July 1, 2024, 2:03 pm
Israelis from town 2 miles from Lebanon forced to return home after running out of funds
After a hotel stay subsidized by a tapped-out Christian organization, Avdon’s 600 residents are refused state housing provided to others within the same distance from border
By Canaan Lidor
Rahamim Mughrabi in his moshav near Netivot, Israel, on November 9, 2023. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
November 14, 2023, 9:39 am
On fields near Gaza, farmers and volunteers struggle to mitigate huge wartime damages
Growers dealing with multiple challenges, ranging from manpower shortages to sun-blocking dust, are enlisting help from unexpected places and vowing not to leave
By Canaan Lidor
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