Ruti Reinhold rolled her shopping cart, loaded to the brim, through the aisles of Souq Faisal. The supermarket is located in the Arab town of Mazra’a, about six miles from Lebanon, just outside the western Galilee city of Nahariya.

The grocery is usually packed with a diverse crowd of shoppers. But on Monday, business was slower than usual.

On Sunday night, Iran fired a volley of ballistic missiles at northern Israel, catapulting the region back to the cusp of all-out war after two months of a shaky ceasefire. However, the reignited conflict with Iran didn’t drive residents of Israel’s war-battered border to stockpile goods.

“This is my regular shop every two weeks,” she said. “It isn’t because of the war.”

Shoppers — a mix of Jews, Muslims, Druze, and Christians — moved up and down the aisles of the large store, appearing less focused on the “matzav,” the Hebrew word for situation, and more interested in the selection of cherries, watermelons, and apricots.

Some people brought their children, since school was canceled for the day due to the Iranian missile attacks, while others did their regular shopping. The shelves were packed with items, and nobody seemed to be stocking up on essential supplies any more than on ordinary days.

Reinhold said she has continued to shop here for over two years, since the war with Hezbollah broke out when the terror group attacked Israel on October 8, 2023. Occasionally, she has waited in the supermarket’s protected room when sirens indicated incoming rockets from Lebanon.

“We’ll see what happens now,” she said, undeterred. “Life continues.”

According to the Iranian regime, Sunday’s attack was in response to an IDF strike on the Iranian terror proxy Hezbollah in Beirut earlier in the day. Israel’s Air Force responded overnight Sunday, and Monday morning saw another wave of Iranian and Houthi missile attacks.

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