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- Mayor Avichai Stern says Kiryat Shmona is on the verge of collapse.
- Nearly 40% of the city’s 24,000 residents have not returned since the 2023 evacuation.
- Mayor Stern accuses the government of providing insufficient bomb shelters three years into the war.
- About half of the main shopping street’s businesses remain shuttered despite some cafés reopening.
- Tel-Hai College’s expansion into the University of Kiryat Shmona aims to attract thousands of students.
