The journalist from the north was furious: What was all this show this morning? They just worked on us.

August 25, 2024   

Yair Kraus, a resident of the north and the Galilee and Golan correspondent for Yedioth Ahronoth, criticized the conduct of the IDF and the Home Front Command towards the residents of the north. After the IDF announced a return to normalcy throughout the country, except for the areas along the confrontation line and the Golan Heights, Kraus wrote: "They worked on us! This is simply unbelievable." He added: "The 'Peace Tel Aviv' war is over. IDF and the PA: The whole country should return to normalcy, the settlements in the withdrawal zone continue to kidnap as usual. So what was all this show this morning?" Journalist Almog Booker quoted a Shlomi resident who wrote to him after the Home Front Command's instructions changed: "I'm really calling for a defense army for Tel Aviv." Booker wrote: "It's no wonder that the residents of the north feel this way today. For years they were educated that the IDF is a defense army for Israel, and for ten months they learned firsthand that Hezbollah is allowed to shoot at them, but the landlord goes crazy when Nasrallah aims a launcher at Tel Aviv.".