The Israeli Aramean Christians Standing Fast in the Shadow of Hizballah

In the past few weeks, various IDF units have been carrying out training exercises meant to prepare for combat on the ground in Lebanon, the most recent held by a reserve paratrooper unit. On Friday, the IDF chief of staff visited the northern border and met with senior commanders there. Hizballah, meanwhile, continues to launch explosive-laden drones and rockets into Israel, and Israeli jets continue to strike targets in Lebanon. The constant attacks, and fear of infiltration or even invasion, have depopulated a strip of northern Israel. Not the village of Jish (ancient Gush Halav), however, whose Aramean Christian residents refuse to abandon their homes, which lie just over two miles from the border and in the sites of Hizballah artillery.