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Israelis Skeptical of Returning to North Amid Fragile Ceasefire

Dean Sweetland surveys a desolate street in Kibbutz Malkiya, an Israeli community that overlooks the Lebanese border. Once a vibrant town, Malkiya now sits largely abandoned, a year after its evacuation. The daycare is closed, homes are neglected, and parts of the landscape are scorched from fires caused by Hezbollah rockets. Despite a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah aimed …

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