Hezbollah attacks have burned over 57,000 acres

(JNS) — Hezbollah’s incessant cross-border attacks on northern Israel since Oct. 8, 2023, have burned over 57,000 acres of land, the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund said on Wednesday.

According to KKL-JNF’s Forestry Department, it will take some five to seven years for nature to repair the damage.

According to the data, Israel’s Upper Galilee and Golan Heights regions have suffered the most damage, with almost 43,500 acres burned, followed by the Lower Galilee (some 6,175 acres), the Western Galilee (2,223 acres) and the Hula Valley (178 acres).

The woods that saw the most destruc...