In a Village of Roses, the War for Northern Israel Is Growing Too Close for Comfort
The thrum of drones and the thrump of mortar fire are constantly heard as a school is readied to become a makeshift hospital and the mayor predicts there will be 300 rockets a day.

KFAR VRADIM, Israel —This small red-roof village in the western Galilee is just on the edge of Hezbollah’s firing line. Most incoming mortars target nearby towns, but war is in the air here as well. If an American envoy can avert it from spreading, the devastation will, at best, be postponed.
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