SAKHNIN, Israel: Threatened by volleys of Hezbollah rockets and missiles from Iran, residents of Arab towns in northern Israel are complaining about a lack of public shelters.
“The state is obliged to build public shelters so that the entire population has access to safe havens,” Mazen Ghanayem, mayor of the town of Sakhnin, told AFP.
“Yet our town doesn’t have a single public shelter worthy of the name.”
Located just 20 kilometers from the border with Lebanon, the town’s 36,000 residents have grown all too used to the rockets fired by Hezbollah.
Since the militant group joined the Middle East war on the side of its backer Tehran, after Israel and the United States launched attacks on Iran, Sakhnin has lived with the rhythm of air raid sirens.
