Israel to evacuate 14 more communities on Lebanon border amid Hezbollah attacks

The Israel Defense Forces and Defense Ministry announced Sunday that they were planning to evacuate another 14 communities close to the Lebanese border, amid repeated rocket and missile attacks by Hezbollah and allied Palestinian factions in the last two weeks.

The ministry’s National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA) said the residents would be taken to state-funded guesthouses.

Last week, NEMA began to evacuate 28 communities that are within two kilometers (1.25 miles) of the border, as well as the city of Kiryat Shmona.

According to the IDF and Defense Ministry, the 14 communities being added to the list are: Snir, Dan, Beit Hillel, She’ar Yashuv, Hagoshrim, Liman, Matzuva, Eylon, Goren, Gornot HaGalil, Even Menachem, Sasa, Tziv’on and Ramot Naftali.

Many residents in northern border towns have already evacuated southward amid the escalating attacks from Lebanon. READ MORE