Gallant in the Hermon Brigade Hezbollah is wrong if it thinks we will stop if it stops shooting/Photo: Shahar Yurman
21 red alarms sounded today (Sunday) in the Upper Galilee - in a period of only two hours.
In several localities, including Kiryat Shmona, Ramot Naftali, Margaliot and Menara, the alarms were sounded several times.
There were no bodily injuries and no known damage to property, in one of the most significant rounds of shooting since the beginning of the war.
Eitan Davidi, chairman of the local committee in Moshav Margaliot defined this day as "very tough and unusual.
They use a new word - 'intensity', so you can say that today the intensity has increased."
Today's conversation in the north was the speech of Defense Minister Yoav Galant on Mount Hermon - and his threat to the terrorist organization in the north: "If Hezbollah thinks that when there is a ceasefire in the south, it will cease fire and we will stop - He is making a big mistake," the minister stated. "I am saying here explicitly - as long as we do not reach a situation where the residents of the north can be safely returned, we will not stop.
When we get to that, either through the series or in a military way - we will be able to be calm."
Davidi said that he does not believe that following this statement we will see a serious change in Israel's policy on the northern front. "They will continue to chase after Katyusha launchers or houses with anti-tank missiles, but this The war that will withdraw Hezbollah beyond the litany. These actions are only for appearances. At the moment the Israeli government is dragging its feet and trying to reach a political solution, but it needs to understand that such a solution must be acceptable to us, the residents of the border. The years of them doing whatever they want with us are over. We are no longer a herd of sheep that burden , evacuating and then returning," Davidi criticized the leadership's policy in the years leading up to the campaign.
"Only if there is a solution that puts our minds at ease, we will return to our homes. We have no problem giving the government the time required for this. When there is complete security and we know that it is possible to return in a healthy way, it will happen. Otherwise, only people will return here who will do so out of choice and the powerful will not return. There are already People who are looking for alternatives in new places. Such a situation will set the north back more than forty years."
The scene of a rocket crash, Kiryat Shmona, January 11, 2024/Official website, Kiryat Shmona Spokesperson
Defense Minister Yoav Galant visited the Hermon Brigade, February 2, 2024/IDF spokesperson
Davidi even received direct threats from the terrorist organization in Lebanon: in the WhatsApp messages sent to him, you see a photo of two Hezbollah terrorists on motorcycles, looking out over Moshav Margaliot on the northern front of Davidi's house and his large chicken coop.
The first message reads: "Does the 'mule' of the settlement Margaliot Eitan Davidi see them?".
In the second message, they referred to what Davidi said in the media, in which he called on the Israeli government to treat the residents of the north and wrote to him: "It seems that the Islamic resistance is closer to Eitan than the Israeli army and the Israeli government (the intention was probably to write "and the Israeli government" - A.A.)".
"They made me a target. It's scary, it's annoying and it's uncomfortable, but it won't make us happy. We'll continue to come every morning to work in the moshav. Let no one be confused for a moment - we're here and we're not going anywhere. Where the IDF soldiers are, also I am here.
I know that the other side knows my every move, follows me and knows where I live.
They make it personal threats.
They raise the rabbi towards the citizens, the residents of the north.
In the Northern Command they told me that I am not supposed to be here, but I am a leader in the North and I need to be protected.
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Stern, mayor of Kiryat Shmona, was also not too impressed by the defense minister's words at the weekend. "Israel continues in the countries of the bride and groom, while on their side the villages stand their ground.
We count injuries - more than 400 houses were destroyed in Israel.
How many more houses will be destroyed and how long will we be out of our communities until the policy changes?
We need to evacuate the villages in Lebanon, and not in Israel," he argued. "The containment policy started even before the war and it continues now.
As soon as we were forced to evacuate, Israel should have reacted much more firmly.
Gallant talked about a red line, but I don't know what that red line is that he is talking about.
We are trying to avoid war, but war is inevitable, it is better that we strike the first blow and set the pace."
Lobby 1701 responded to the ongoing barrage of gunfire in the northern sector by issuing a statement stating that "no press conference or presentation by the IDF spokesman, no matter how impressive it may be, You will not be able to hide the naked truth; our settlements are being shelled and we have become refugees. The residents of the north expect to see actions and not words. The residents of the north are no less important than the residents of the center and our patience is running out. We expect and trust the IDF to begin to initiate and respond to the latest attacks in accordance with the messages broadcast by the IDF spokesman last night".
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