BEIRUT, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- When Jihad al-Abdallah returned to his hometown of Khiam, near the Israeli border in southern Lebanon, he felt as though he had stepped into another world. Israeli drones still hover constantly over Lebanese border towns, their buzz audible overhead. The Lebanese army has recorded over 4,500 Israeli violations in the past year, from air raids to artillery fire. In the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, Fatima Nasrallah stood before the ruins of her three-story home, a house she had spent years building with her family. Standing in the ruins of his hometown, al-Abdallah summed up the mood of many who live along the border.