Israelis Wary of Lebanon Truce Trickle Back to Damaged Homes
- “Listen to that silence. It hasn’t been heard in 14 months.”
- “It will take a generation for a sense of security to return.”
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The school is out of commission — hit by heavy shrapnel in July. Some homes are boarded up from direct hits. The avocado orchards have lost many hectares from fires sparked by missiles.
But Kibbutz Dafna, an Israeli farming community two kilometers (1 mile) from the Lebanese border, is giving off a tentative air of hope just now, as a ceasefire with Lebanon that began Nov. 27 is largely holding.