On Israel-Lebanon border, families flee on both sides as violence flares
Divided by language, religion and a fortified fence, residents on both sides of the Israeli-Lebanese border are facing upheaval as growing violence forces tens of thousands of civilians to abandon their homes and seek sanctuary elsewhere. The borderlands have seen constant, but so far limited, clashes, between the Israeli military and fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah since a war erupted two weeks ago around Gaza, a strip of land in Israel's south which is controlled by Hamas. Israel on Friday ordered the evacuation of more than 20,000 residents from Kiryat Shmona, one of the b...