Jitters grow along Lebanon border as Hezbollah provocations become more brazen

GHAJAR — For residents of this small Alawite village straddling Israel’s border with Lebanon, where recent tensions with Hezbollah have centered, there has been a prevailing sense of calm the past few months despite escalatory provocations by the Iran-backed terror group that have drawn little response.

However, the military and residents of Jewish-majority towns within range of Hezbollah’s rockets are gearing up for the worst.

The peaceful mood of the only Alawite-majority settlement in the country was shattered for a brief moment last month when Hezbollah launched an anti-tank guided missile at the village, slamming into a cliffside and a fence on the southern part of Ghajar, in an apparent message to Israel. READ MORE