Israel’s Fight in the North

Reporting from northern Israel, Aaron sits down with two unidentified Israeli army officers and Druze community leader Tamir Murad to explore the threats facing the country’s northern frontier. From drones changing the battlefield to the plight of Syria’s Druze, their conversations reveal how closely war touches everyday life. As one Israeli army officer puts it, “There’s no distance between the front line and home. Home is the front line.”

01:10 — Tamir Morad on Israel’s Druze

02:50 — Four generations of service

07:28 — October 7

11:02 — Hezbollah rockets and tunnels

13:55 — Majdal Shams and Druze identity

17:29 — Violence in Suwayda

25:06 — A Druze state?

36:28 — Israeli officers on the 1973 war

39:57 — Lessons from Ukraine

42:07 — Hezbollah’s drones

50:02 — AI on the battlefield

54:15 — Israel’s Syrian buffer zone

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