It has been a month since the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has brought

relative calm to northern Israel. But the road to recovery is long. Tens of thousands have been

displaced due to Hezbollah's rocket attacks launched in October of last year. Newshour producer

Carl Bostek traveled to Matula and Kiriats Shmona in northern Israel

along the border with Lebanon to meet families who finally got to visit their homes

destroyed by 14 months of war. Jeffrey Brown has the story.

Coming home with no roof over your head.

It's been 14 months since Michael and Edna Racine were here,

displaced by the war that began in the north with Hezbollah

after Hamas attacked the South on October 7th of last year.

This was a small dining place.

The lunch was there.

This is a kitchen.

There's a lot to do.

And volunteers from across Israel are pitching in.

But despite the cost of war and the danger, there was never a doubt they'd returned. Never crossed my mind. Not to come back here. How can you not come back here?

It's their dream house in the town of Metula, with sweeping views of Israel's northern border with Lebanon,

which overnight became one of the most dangerous places in Israel.

So there is Syria and all the rest all the way is Lebanon.

And the rockets came from there.

Communities along Israel's border became routine targets,

as Hezbollah increasingly re rained rockets and missile strikes, starting

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