BETZET, Israel — Rani Ben Dov, one of the few farmers still left in this northern border town, was exhausted.
Israeli artillery could be heard pounding away in the distance. Drones were humming overhead hours earlier. Ben Dov, 77, was tired of seeking shelter from incoming Hezbollah fire, but even now the last thing he wanted was for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull the plug on the military offensive in Lebanon, just a mile away.
