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00:03 Report / Tania Krämer
00:34 Tali Oz Albo / Mateh Asher regional council
01:07 Moshe Davidovitch / Mateh Asher regional council
02:11 Oren Zur-Shavit / Local resident

Script:
 
Here in northern Israel there's a sense of quiet unease. Tensions have risen still further as Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah - which is backed by Iran - are also once again at war.

upsound … walking into the room, talking to me behind the camera 
+++Tali Oz Albo, Mateh regional council, ENGLISH++ 
Everything here is safe, this is a shelter, ok… 
 
Every morning, the regional council convenes to discuss latest developments in the war with Iran.  
 
Their mission: To keep citizens safe in the border region.  
 
((PTC Tania Krämer ENGLISH (I think it is either PTC or this conversation with Tali)) 
“So right now we are here in a shelter, this is the regional council and they have an emergency meeting. This place is just about 8 kilometers from the border with Lebanon.” 
 
SOT Tali Oz Albo, Mateh Asher Regional Council + Tania in the picture 
“We have 32 villages in this municipality, and we need to to tell them what's going on today. You know, if they can work, if they can not, if there is education or not.  
Q: You're very close to the border, right?  
We are eight kilometers from the border. And yes, we had, you know, one and a half year a war not so far (long) ago.” 
 
A drone attack pops up on the map. So far, Hezbollah’s response has been limited. But mayor Moshe Davidovitch is worried. 
 
SOT Moshe Davidovitch, mayor Mateh Asher Regional Council 
“I think that we are in the beginning of the war, we are just four days in. But it could be another situation in the next few days.” 
 
After October 7, residents in villages close to the border/demarcation line with Lebanon were asked to evacuate. Many of them only returned after a ceasefire with Hezbollah in 2024.  

This time, however, the Israeli government has asked residents to stay put. Oren Zur Shavit lives with his family in a nearby kibbutz. He currently works from home, as all non-essential work places are closed.  
 
SOT Oren Zur-Shavit  (in the shelter) 
“Welcome to our second home. This where we are staying during the alarms. It's safe. We can sleep here.” 
 
During the past two years, Shavit has served over 300 days in the military reserve – and he might be called up again, as Israel is mobilizing over 100,000 reservists.  
 
SOT Oren Zur-Shavit 
“If they call me, I will come. But this is a long war. It's not easy for anyone and but, well, as I've mentioned before, we are strong and, we knew, we knew that it would happen. We waited for that because we have to demolish Hezbollah.until the end.” 

Here they are trying to maintain a normal daily routine in a situation that is anything but normal (...) leave the area.+++