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An Israeli soldier near the Israel-Lebanese border in Kibbutz Menara, northern Israel.

Photographer: Amnon Gutman/Bloomberg
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A winding road in northern Israel lined with vineyards leads to Kibbutz Menara atop the Ramim Ridge in the Naftali mountains where pomegranate and avocado trees grow.

It should be an idyllic scene.