Northerly Israel war fires bolster calls to address Hezbollah’s escalation.

Days of bushfires in northern Israel caused by Hezbollah rockets have left large areas of forest reserve burned and 11 people hospitalized from smoke inhalation.
Thirty minutes beyond the border with Lebanon, patches of burnt ground begin to appear, and grey clouds of smoke map out the path across the hills to each side.
Residents in the mostly abandoned northern villages of Israel have been battling sporadic flames for a few weeks. Since then, there have been 15–16 fires in the neighborhood, according to a member of a civil defense team. However, there has been a notable increase as a result of the recent high temperatures.
On Monday, firefighters fought to put out fires in and around the town of Kiryat Shmona for twenty hours.
The forest managers claim that the fires have destroyed 3,500 acres of land thus far. This is incentivizing more people to call for Israel’s leadership to intervene in the confrontation between it and Hezbollah on its northern front.
Tuesday night’s meeting of Israel’s war cabinet was scheduled to address the deteriorating security conditions around its northern border. Since late October, Israel and Hezbollah have been exchanging cross-border gunfire almost every day, and in the last few weeks, the frequency and intensity of attacks have increased.
Three to four missiles have been flying over the homes of residents of one kibbutz since the Israeli military’s ground operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah began. The residents indicated that the Hezbollah rocket assaults were “definitely” connected to Israel’s actions in Gaza.