Kiryat Shmona remains under fire as residents refuse to leave home

Kiryat Shmona remains under fire as residents refuse to leave home

In a town seen from a distance mostly through rockets, maps, and casualty reports, the reasons people stay are often deeply personal. By Eitan Elhadez-Barak, TPS What stands out first in this northern Israeli town is not what remains but what is missing: the sound of cars, the voices of children in the playground, and the rhythm of ordinary life. Kiryat Shmona, long one of the Israeli communities most exposed to cross-border fire from Lebanon, h…