Following a situational assessment, the areas of Zar'it, Shomera, Shtula, Netu'a, and Even Menachem in northern Israel will be declared a closed military zone as of 20:00 today (Saturday). Entry to this area is prohibited,
We are living in a nightmare in this country,
This war shouldn’t have happened, ... We support and love Palestine, but there are other Arab countries. Why does only Lebanon fight?”
Of all the wars we have lived through, we have never been through anything like this,
We don’t have the money to repair the house,
There is no existence of any Hezbollah official or presence here,
So many civilians are being killed: women, men, children. It doesn’t make any sense,
This is the heart of Beirut,
There was a unanimous decision to stay because it's important for the UN flag to still fly high in this region, and to be able to report to the Security Council."
Already we could hardly live with the devastated economy. Now we can’t do anything
I don’t know what we can do now. We have no other place to go,
The specified area, including the shelters within it, is considered a dangerous combat zone,
They tell us to go south, but we won't go because of the dangers and the army is shooting at people there,
There is no safe place, neither in the south nor in the north - everyone is at risk of death,
There are a lot of families living here,
The bombardment has not stopped. Every minute there are shells, rockets and fire on the buildings and everything that moves
When Israel bombards, it flies over our heads. And when Hezbollah fires back, it also whizzes by above,
Last night, a peacekeeper at UNIFIL's headquarters" in Naqura "was hit by gunfire due to ongoing military activity nearby... We do not yet know the origin of the fire,
So from a military perspective, this is not an accidental act,
International organisations and the UN Security Council have the capability (to stop Israel) but they are unfortunately keeping silent,