Residents of northern Israel told to stockpile food and medicine for possible all-out war with Hezbollah
Fears Israel and Hezbollah moving closer to all-out warHaifa mayor asks people to stockpile food and medicineSome residents say only war can force back HezbollahIsraeli army says it has increased readiness for war
Eli Harel was an Israeli soldier in his early 30s when he was sent into Lebanon in 2006 to battle fighters from the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah in a bloody, largely inconclusive, month-long war.
Now 50, Harel is ready to rejoin the army to fight the same group if shelling along Israel's northern border turns into a full-blown war with Iran's most powerful regional proxy. This time Israeli forces would face some of the most challenging fighting conditions imaginable, he said.
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