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Ayala Ben-David, left, and Galia Handelman, librarians who work now in the temporary library in Shlomi since the regular library was destroyed by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2024, on May 27, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
May 28, 2026, 9:44 pm
As Israel widens war against Hezbollah, northern town of Shlomi hunkers down
While all residents evacuated due to Hezbollah attacks in 2023 have returned, the town’s ‘ordinary’ routine is disrupted by almost daily first-person view drones, rocket fire and explosions
By Diana Bletter
Children jump at trampoline practice in Shlomi on July 31, 2025. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 11, 2025, 8:17 am
Treating ‘collective traumas,’ northern town of Shlomi looks to bounce back after war
Mayor Gabi Naaman says he expects 95% of residents evacuated due to Hezbollah attacks to return, promising ‘hope and security’ with troops protecting border from inside Lebanon
By Diana Bletter
UTJ's Yitzhak Goldknopf, center, pictured with a map of prospective settlements in Gaza during a tour of the Gaza border area, November 28, 2024. Daniella Weiss is seen on the right. (Courtesy Yitzhak Goldknopf)
December 2, 2024, 1:43 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 2: Day 423 – Haredi housing minister stirs pot with Gaza border visit
Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses hostage talks and Goldknopf’s visit to the Gaza border; writer Diana Bletter reports on devastated northern towns
By Jessica Steinberg, Tal Schneider and Diana Bletter
Yaron Sella points to the border with Lebanon 300 meters (.1 mile) away from his house in Shlomi on November 28, 2024. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
November 28, 2024, 5:04 pm
In northern border town of Shlomi, a wary trickle home in the shadow of a fragile ceasefire
First of 10,000 displaced residents begin coming back, but local officials say they don’t know what to do now that the war is seemingly over: ‘We’re waiting for instructions’
By Diana Bletter
Shlomi evacuees Ella and Avraham Moreno stand in the lobby of their Haifa hotel, September 2024. (Charlotte Lawson/ TOI)
September 21, 2024, 8:03 am
They settled the northern border. Now these elderly Israelis worry they won’t return
For many seniors who have spent the past year displaced in a Haifa hotel, the ‘abandonment’ of the North is profoundly unsettling their core beliefs about the Israeli state
By Charlotte Lawson
Illustrative: Evacuees from Kibbutz Dan in northern Israel knit hats for soldiers at the Dan Carmel Hotel in Haifa, January 16, 2024. From left: Sima Rogany, Ruti Fried, Naomi Ftecha, and Carmella Milikah. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
January 21, 2024, 2:18 pm
As northern evacuees settle in for long haul, hotel dwellers dream of home
Residents of Kibbutz Dan, Western Galilee town of Shlomi, try to make a life in Haifa hotels, but Hezbollah threat on Lebanese border means limbo-like existence won’t be over soon
By Sue Surkes
A caravan camp being built near Shefayim for evacuees from Kibbutz Kfar Aza. December 24, 2023 (Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90 )
January 17, 2024, 1:48 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 17: Day 103 – A view to rebuilding the south, as war budget passes
Environmental reporter Sue Surkes discusses plans for Gaza-border communities and northern evacuees, as political correspondent Sam Sokol explains the 2024 budget
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows across the horizon along the hills in the Naqura area of southern Lebanon following IDF bombardment from a position along the border in northern Israel on December 24, 2023. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
December 24, 2023, 6:36 pm
IDF carries out ‘wide-scale’ airstrikes on Hezbollah as rockets from Lebanon hit north
Anti-tank missile hits house in Avivim, causing no casualties; alert sirens go off in multiple communities along border and in Galilee Panhandle
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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