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Displaced Israelis in the north pessimistic they’ll return home soonpublished at 15:28 British Summer Time 24 September
Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent, reporting from northern Israel
As we prepared to leave our kibbutz this morning, sirens sounded once more and we could hear explosions overhead.
For the third time since we arrived yesterday, we headed for the bomb shelter.
As we waited for the all-clear, we chatted with the staff.
We’re well outside the evacuation zone, declared almost a year ago along the Lebanese border.
But people who came here seeking safety feel the war has just caught up with them, and they’re pessimistic that it will be over quickly.
Some of the kibbutz’s temporary residents are experiencing anxiety attacks.
There’s someone here from Avivim, a tiny community of fewer than 500 people, right on the border.
In 1970, pro-Syrian militants fired bazookas at a school bus, killing nine children and three adults.
In May this year, a home was hit by an anti-tank rocket fired by Hezbollah.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government says that allowing residents of the border area to return to their homes is one of its top priorities.
But the man, who we’re not naming, says he doesn’t think he’ll ever go back.