Hezbollah’s Neighbors: Israeli Border Community under Constant Attack from Terror Group
Six months after Yulia Bar-Dan and her family fled their home on a kibbutz in northern Israel fearing a possible Hezbollah assault following the horrendous Hamas attack of October 7, she returned to gather what she could from a lifetime of memories she’d left behind.
When she arrived, Kibbutz Manara, once home to approximately 300 people, looked like a war zone. Not long after she collected her belongings and left the kibbutz, a Hezbollah missile hit her house. The strike added her home to the staggering 75% of kibbutz structures in the north that have been damaged by Hezbollah’s relentless bombardments.
Since Hezbollah joined the war as a “support front” for Hamas on October 8, over 7,500 rockets have been fired from Lebanon into Israel, and more than 200 drones have crossed the border. The toll: 44 people have been killed, 271 wounded and 62,000 evacuated from dozens of communities in northern Israel.
Those who have left have no idea when – or even if – they will ever return. The damage to agriculture and tourism has reached billions of dollars, and there is widespread fear that this conflict will escalate further.
“We are right on the border and at high risk. We’ve known for at least 10 years that Hezbollah’s Radwan forces have a plan. They’ve been training to invade the Galilee, seize multiple communities and do here, exactly what we saw happen in the south,” said Yochai Wolfin, the community director of Kibbutz Manara. (FN/VFI News)
“Lord, we pray for all the displaced citizens and we ask that You provide a solution so that they can safely return to their homes and rebuild their communities. We pray in Yeshua’s name for all the people who have been afflicted by the terrorist attacks of Hezbollah and we send our heartfelt condolences to the ones who have lost family members. May You mend their broken hearts and cause them to turn to You so that You may heal and comfort them.”