Explosions echoed from the hillsides overlooking Kiryat Shmona on Friday as residents of this city of 22,000 began to leave after Israeli authorities ordered its evacuation following escalating shelling from militants in Lebanon.
The city’s streets were mostly quiet, with residents who hadn’t already left waiting for instructions and businesses closed down, save for a few restaurants supplying recently arrived soldiers with schnitzel, fish and pasta in tinfoil trays.
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Locations:
Kiryat Shmona, Lebanon