The leafy streets of Kfar Rosh HaNikra are still and silent. This is not just a consequence of the sweltering July heat. The kibbutz is just a few hundred metres from the disputed boundary that separates Israel from Lebanon, at the westernmost point of what Israelis call their northern front in the ongoing war.
The kibbutz’s 1,000 residents were evacuated immediately after the surprise attacks launched into southern Israel from Gaza by Hamas on 7 October, killing 1,200, mostly civilians, and abducting 250.
