Galilee panhandle

The Galilee panhandle is a narrow strip of land running from the Israel-Lebanon border in the far north to an imaginary line below the Hula Valley, approximately between the kibbutzim Malkia and Gonen, in the south.

[3] An agreement was reached which enabled cultivation on both sides of the border with taxes being distributed between the British and French mandate authorities.

[4] The boundary was problematic, strategically and politically, but harnessing water sources in this region was vital for the development of the country.

[5] During Operation Yiftah in April and May 1948, the Arabs living in the Galilee panhandle and the other Shia villages in Palestine were expelled by Palmach forces.

The incident was called "a dangerous reminder" of the 34-day war in 2006 against Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.

A sketch with marked mountainous parts of the Galilee and its "panhandle"
The Upper Galilee is marked red; the "panhandle" is the upper right part.