Reporters Notebook : Israel northern border amid peace and war

On May 9, the Israel–Lebanon border remained under alert as clashes between the IDF and Hezbollah continued despite an active ceasefire, with the IDF reporting it struck over 85 Hezbollah infrastructure sites in the past 24 hours and intercepted an explosive drone near the border, while Hezbollah retaliated with rocket fire toward the Krayot north of Haifa. The correspondent's account describes a landscape of military fortification and cautious normalcy—evacuated border communities now reopened, armored shelters installed, and civilians gradually returning to routine activities, though the threat from Hezbollah's FPV drones and ongoing cross-border exchanges persists.