Settler Dreams of ‘Israeli Tuscany’ in Northern Israel Shattered by Hezbollah Strikes

Tensions between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have been on a knife’s edge since October 2023, with skirmishes, airstrikes, rocket and drone attacks displacing nearly 200,000 civilians. Israeli threats to kick off a major offensive and the assassination of a senior Hezbollah commander this week threaten to plunge the region into a full-scale war.