Kibbutz Snir and Ein Qiniyye – on front line of Israel-Hezbollah conflict

  • Wael Mugrabi, the mayor of Ein Qiniyye in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights says war with Hezbollah is already under way. All photos: Willy Lowry / The National
    Wael Mugrabi, the mayor of Ein Qiniyye in the Israeli occupied Golan Heights says war with Hezbollah is already under way. All photos: Willy Lowry / The National
  • Lior Shelef with his Caananite dog Macha, in front of his home in Kibbutz Snir near the Israel Lebanon border
    Lior Shelef with his Caananite dog Macha, in front of his home in Kibbutz Snir near the Israel Lebanon border
  • Backpacks left by children hang outside an empty school in Kibbutz Snir, which has been almost deserted since the start of the Israel-Gaza war
    Backpacks left by children hang outside an empty school in Kibbutz Snir, which has been almost deserted since the start of the Israel-Gaza war
  • The slopes of Ein Qiniyye overlooking Israel and Lebanon in the distance
    The slopes of Ein Qiniyye overlooking Israel and Lebanon in the distance
  • Lior Shelef stands in front of the house he built in Kibbutz Snir
    Lior Shelef stands in front of the house he built in Kibbutz Snir
  • One of the few bomb shelters in the Druze village of Ein Qiniyye
    One of the few bomb shelters in the Druze village of Ein Qiniyye
  • Toys left outside a nursery in Kibbutz Snir
    Toys left outside a nursery in Kibbutz Snir
  • A street sign in the near-empty Kibbutz Snir
    A street sign in the near-empty Kibbutz Snir
  • Nearly all of the residents of Kibbutz Snir were ordered to leave their homes at the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war
    Nearly all of the residents of Kibbutz Snir were ordered to leave their homes at the beginning of the Israel-Gaza war
  • Mr Mugrabi drinks from one of the springs that gives Ein Qiniyye its name
    Mr Mugrabi drinks from one of the springs that gives Ein Qiniyye its name