As Hezbollah rejects truce, families on Israel's northern border describe life under fire

close Video Residents Near Israel-Lebanon border describe life under Hezbollah rocket fire Residents of agricultural communities near Israel’s border with Lebanon share their firsthand experiences of living under ongoing Hezbollah rocket fire. April, 2026. (Credit: Yoav Dudkevitch / TPS-IL) NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Two days after another ceasefire was announced between Israel and U. S. terrorist designated group Hezbollah, Yulia Bar-Dan was standing outside her temporary home in Kibbutz Manara in northern Israel when the familiar sound of an interceptor echoed overhead.  "There will probably be another siren soon," she told Fox News Digital. Minutes later, an alert appeared on her phone warning residents in northern Israel to take shelter. For Bar-Dan, the scene captured the reality of life on Israel's northern border nearly two years after Hezbollah joined the war against Israel on Oct. 8, 2023.  After Hezbollah entered the recent war in support of Iran, Washington launched a diplomatic effort aimed at turning the ceasefire into a broader arrangement for Lebanon.  ISRAEL OPENS FIRE IN LEBANON AT ‘SUSPECTS’ ALLEGEDLY VIOLATING TRUCE, WHICH HAS ENTERED ITS SECOND DAY Multiple rounds of talks between Israeli and Lebanese officials have taken place in Washington, and President Donald Trump has repeatedly announced ceasefire understandings aimed at restoring calm along the border. Residents of communities like Manara, Israel, say the rockets, drones and uncertainty never really stopped. An Israeli soldier stands near military vehicles on the second day of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah near the Israel-Lebanon border on Nov. 28. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters) "A ceasefire is supposed to be on both sides," she said. "Not that Hezbollah keeps shooting at us and we just keep absorbing it." When Fox News Digital first spoke to Bar-Dan in December 2024 during the war, she and her husband had fled Manara, Israel, with their three children and were living out of a single hotel room, unsure whether they would ever return home. Today, roughly 200 of the kibbutz's 280 residents have returned, Bar-Dan said. But many, including Bar-Dan's family, still cannot live in their original homes because of war damage.  Yulia Bar-Dan and her husband are pictured during quieter times at Kibbutz Manara, Israel.  (Yulia Bar-Dan) Despite repeated ceasefire announcements, residents say normal life remains elusive. "There hasn't really been a routine or a quiet day since February," she said. Schools officially reopened in early June, but Bar-Dan decided not to send her children. "They take the bus to school," she said. "What if there's a siren on the way?