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An interesting point was raised on Israel television today. While Hizbollah managed to fire over 140 rockets at Israel today, almost all of them were into the Galilee panhandle.
The area around my kibbutz, which was the scene of the heaviest fighting for much of the war, received a few of these rockets but much less than we had been getting used to.
Haifa, apparently, has not been hit for five days.
All of this would indicate that Hizbollah has been pushed back quite a bit and/or its rocket facilities close to the border put out of commission. The Galilee panhandle, which extends much further north than the rest of the border, may be the only easy target Hizbollah has left.
On another, perhaps related, issue for the last week or so there have been two temporary army camps which I have been watching grow. Each was of battalion size (400 to 1000 men) and closer to the higher end.
This morning, when I drove to Rosh Pina, I could see both of them. The same was true this afternoon when I drove to Benyamina.
When I drove back in the early evening they were gone.
All that was left in each camp were a few supplies which had been packaged up, a small number of soldiers to guard them, and one or two vehicles.
I wasn't going to mention this on line as I don't consider it a wise idea to give any indication of troop movements but I just watched on Israel television as they showed pictures of Israeli tanks lining up along the border. The reporter said that they may well be moving into Lebanon in force -- possibly as early as tonight. Given that aired announcement, my letting you know about these two camps would not be violating security.
The fighting, it seems, is still far from over.
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