Israelis near Lebanon border try to maintain normal life despite Hezbollah threat
PBS News Hour - Segments
PBS NewsHour
4.1 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 7 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | As the war with Iran continues to escalate, northern Israel is yet again on the conflict's |
| 0:06.2 | front line, facing a barrage of missile and drone fire from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iran. |
| 0:12.1 | Communities still recovering from the fighting that followed the October 7th attacks |
| 0:16.2 | now face once again the constant danger and mental trauma that comes with war. |
| 0:21.6 | For this report, a NewsHour team filmed in Israel's North, and Nick Schifrin has the story. |
| 0:26.6 | In northern Israel, six miles from the Lebanese border, the siren has become the soundtrack. |
| 0:35.6 | Patients and their families head into the Galilee Medical Center in Naharia. |
| 0:43.2 | They have only 30 seconds before a possible Hezbollah missile strike, which is why the emergency |
| 0:48.8 | room is inside a bunker. |
| 0:51.4 | Dr. Zvi-Sheleg is the center's deputy director and gives producer Carl Bostick a tour. |
| 0:56.7 | We're going now to the underground hospitalization departments. |
| 1:04.0 | Below ground, there are tunnels wide enough for an ambulance, a six-bed trauma room, and overall |
| 1:09.4 | 450 vets. Everything here is ready at all time. A six-bed trauma room and overall 450 beds. |
| 1:11.6 | Everything here is ready at all times for any missile attack, any drone attack. |
| 1:19.6 | In fewer than two weeks, Israel says Hezbollah has fired at least 850 drones and missiles |
| 1:25.6 | into northern Israel. |
| 1:29.3 | Hezbollah joined the war, breaking a 16-month-long tenuous ceasefire, leading Israel to |
| 1:37.0 | bombard Beirut and targets throughout the country. |
| 1:41.9 | For the Galilee Medical Center, the war has meant moving the most vulnerable underground. |
| 1:47.2 | This is the neonatal intensive care unit full of premature babies, kept alive in incubators |
| 1:52.8 | and on ventilators. |
| 1:54.7 | Haya Nakans, two-month-old girl Razal, was born, weighing about one pound. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from PBS NewsHour, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of PBS NewsHour and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.

