On a lush green hilltop on Israel's northern border with Lebanon, Carmela Keren Yakuti proudly shows off her home in Dovev, which she fled more than 16 months ago over fears of a Hezbollah attack.

"Now that everyone is back, it's an amazing feeling," said Yakuti, 40, standing on her freshly washed patio and breathing in the crisp country air.

"It's great here. We have a beautiful moshav, a beautiful view," she added, referring to what Israelis call a small agricultural community. "It's simply great to be back home."

On October 8, 2023, a day after Hamas's unprecedented attack on southern Israel triggered war in Gaza, Lebanon's Hezbollah group declared its support for the Palestinian militants and began firing rockets into northern Israel.

For their own protection, the Israeli military ordered Yakuti, her family, friends and neighbours to leave Dovev, and they were sent to live in a hotel in the city of Tiberius, further south.

In total, the hostilities with Iran-backed Hezbollah displaced around 60,000........

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