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‘The city is dead’: Israel’s north struggles to recover as war leaves uneven economic scars

www.timesofisrael.com·Emanuel Fabian·about 1 month ago
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KIRYAT SHMONA — Driving along Tel-Hai Street, the main commercial strip of this northern city, storefronts were open on a recent weekday afternoon, and cafes and shawarma stands were busy. But just beyond the front line of shops, a different picture emerged, showing the pain that the “capital of the north” has endured through more than two years of war. Some commercial areas were almost completely shuttered due to a lack of customers. Temporary missile shelters, known in Hebrew as m iguniot , have been erected on virtually every street corner, providing emergency respite when sirens give residents just 15 seconds to run for cover from Hezbollah rockets. A high-tech incubator near the top of the strip, once bustling with innovation, is now nearly empty. There aren’t many damaged homes around anymore, since most of those hit during the 2024 war have already been repaired, residents say.…

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