以色列梅图拉 —— 即使在停火期间，战争的轰鸣声仍在以色列与黎巴嫩边境的乡间回荡。
METULA, Israel — Even amid a ceasefire, the sounds of war still reverberate through the countryside along the Israel-Lebanon border.
鲜有地方像梅图拉这样深切感受到伊朗战争的连锁反应，并承受真主党的重创。作为以色列最北端的社区，这个四面环黎（注：原文为三面，但地理上梅图拉三面环黎）的风景小镇，对伊朗代理武装的袭击有着独特的暴露性。
Few places have felt the ripple effects of the Iran war and the brunt of Hezbollah more than Metula, the northernmost community in Israel. Surrounded by Lebanon on three sides, the scenic town is uniquely exposed to attacks by the Iranian proxy group.
直到最近，梅图拉镇中心还飘扬着一面美国国旗，与以色列国旗并排。随后，市长大卫·阿祖莱将其撤下。他对唐纳德·特朗普总统感到愤怒。
Until recently, an American flag flew beside Israeli flags in Metula’s town center. Then Mayor David Azoulay took it down. He is that offended by President Donald Trump.
“我对他怀有极大的感激，因为他确实严肃地帮助释放了所有被哈马斯扣押的人质，”阿祖莱对“MS NOW”表示。“他在很多方面支持以色列。”但他接着说：“但我们不是香蕉共和国，让我们投票给我们想投的人，别干涉这一点。”
“I have massive gratitude to him because he really seriously helped release all the hostages” held by Hamas, Azoulay told MS NOW. “And he supports Israel in a lot of ways.”“But we are not a banana republic, let us vote for whoever we want and don’t interfere with that,” Azoulay said.
阿祖莱表示，特朗普未能在伊朗问题上彻底解决，并在大选前夕背书总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡、干涉以色列选举，让他对这位美国总统心生芥蒂。
Azoulay said Trump’s failure to finish the job in Iran and interference in Israeli elections with his eleventh-hour endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu soured him on the American president.
“你必须明白，伊朗这个政权把触角伸向四面八方：哈马斯、真主党、胡塞武装，”阿祖莱说。“我完全支持这个政权必须垮台。”他说：“我们共同发起了这场行动，遗憾的是，特朗普说得多、做得少。”
“You have to understand that this regime in Iran sends its tentacles all over: Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis,” Azoulay said. “I fully support the fact that this regime has to go.”“We started this campaign together and regrettably, Trump is talking a lot and doing less,” he said.
近几周，特朗普和内塔尼亚胡都曾威胁升级对伊朗的打击，但这位美国领导人不愿采取可能在中期选举中对其政党造成负面影响的行动。
Both Trump and Netanyahu have threatened to escalate attacks on Iran in recent weeks, with the U.S. leader hesitant to take action that could negatively impact his political party in the midterms.
2023年10月7日哈马斯发动袭击后，梅图拉大部分2500名居民在真主党频繁的导弹和火箭弹轰炸中被疏散。其90%的房屋已被毁或受损。
After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, most of Metula’s 2,500 residents were evacuated amid frequent missile and rocket bombardment from Hezbollah in northern Israel. Ninety percent of its homes have been destroyed or damaged.
3月，在美以联合袭击伊朗之后，以色列军队入侵黎巴嫩，将真主党的威胁推离边境——这一过程中对黎巴嫩的基础设施造成了广泛破坏，并导致平民伤亡。
In March, following the joint U.S.-Israel attack on Iran, the Israeli military invaded Lebanon and pushed the threat from Hezbollah away from the border — causing extensive damage to infrastructure and civilian casualties in Lebanon in the process.
过去一年半里，梅图拉的当地居民陆续返回，给社区带回了生机——和希望。但随着伊朗战争持续拖延，以及美国主导的以黎解除真主党武装的和平谈判依然岌岌可危，梅图拉全面重建所需的时间也将越来越长。
Over the past year and a half, the locals of Metula have returned, bringing life — and hope — back to the community. But the longer the Iran war drags on and U.S.-led peace talks between Israel and Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah remain precarious, the longer it will take for Metula to fully rebuild.
“我们仍处于战争状态。……我们努力过着正常的城镇生活，”阿祖莱在距离一家熙熙攘攘的咖啡馆仅几步远的地方说道，咖啡馆里坐满了家庭，孩子们在四周奔跑玩耍。
“We are still at war. … We try to lead a normal town life,” Azoulay said just steps away from a bustling cafe filled with families and kids running around.
哈加伊·罗森鲍姆是一名水果农，其家族在梅图拉生活了数代。他说，内塔尼亚胡政府本应做得更多来提供帮助，特别是在清理其农田里的火箭弹残骸和未爆弹药方面。
Hagai Rosenbaum, a fruit farmer whose family has lived in Metula for generations, said the Netanyahu government should be doing more to help, especially when it comes to clearing remnants of rockets and unexploded ordnance from his farmland.
“许多集束炸弹落在梅图拉，事实上，我很害怕，”他在自家猕猴桃果园里说道，正值采收旺季。“我每次走路都比以前更频繁地低头看路。”罗森鲍姆说，当地人“一直都在”遇到碎片和伊朗火箭弹的残骸。几分钟后，他指着一块扭曲、焦黑的爆炸弹丸残片。
“A lot of cluster bombs were falling in Metula, and actually, I’m afraid,” he said, standing in his kiwi orchard amid peak harvest season. “Every time I walk, I look down more than before.”Rosenbaum said locals encounter debris and parts of Iranian rockets “all the time.”Minutes later, he pointed out a mangled, charred piece of an exploded projectile.
当他穿行在猕猴桃植株行间时，一声迫击炮弹的巨响在山谷中炸响。
As he walked through the rows of kiwi plants, the sound of a mortar round cracked throughout the valley.
“这很正常，”罗森鲍姆向同行的记者们宽慰道，并补充说，这刺耳的巨响来自以色列军队向黎巴嫩方向的射击，在环绕果园的远处山丘上，被摧毁的建筑清晰可见。
“This is normal,” Rosenbaum reassured reporters with him, adding the jarring sound came from the Israeli military firing toward Lebanon, where destroyed structures were visible on the distant hills surrounding the harvest.