Author: Bethan Mckernan Quique Kierszenbaum

At a lookout on Tsfiya mountain in Metula, Israel’s northernmost town, a reservist commander delivered a geography lecture to dozens of new army conscripts, pointing out landmarks in the Lebanese valley below. The two-month-old ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah meant the trip was safe, but the soldiers had been instructed to remove…