Now residents in northern Israel are caught in the crossfire. The green ridges and lush orchards of northern Israel have been a conflict zone since before Hezbollah’s emergence in the 1980s. Hezbollah, which in its 1985 manifesto declared the destruction of Israel a key goal, fought the occupiers. Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into northern Israel in support of Hamas. “I have no doubt the Lebanese people fear Hezbollah more than they fear me, and they want Hezbollah gone,” she said.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 20, 2026 18:02 UTC