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Israeli Border Towns Eye War with Hizbullah
(AFP) Robbie Corey-Boulet - As head of the Metula town council, David Azulay felt an obligation to stay behind following the evacuation of the town and monitor damage wrought by Hizbullah as it fires missiles and mortars on northern Israel in solidarity with Hamas. He's the man who calls the displaced residents when Hizbullah rockets have crashed into their abandoned homes. So far, 130 out of 650 homes have been hit, some with entire floors destroyed and entrances covered in glass and rubble. "They are shooting at the houses of civilians, not army bases," he told journalists. Some 43 communities have been reduced to "ghost towns," said former military intelligence officer Sarit Zehavi. Kiryat Shmona deputy security chief Ariel Frisch said that after the Oct. 7 attack, "everything changed because we understood invasion is really a threat....We want peace and we deserve peace. This isn't peace and this isn't life."