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The Galilee Panhandle (Template:Lang-he, Etzba HaGalil (lit. "Finger of the Galilee") is a panhandle along the Hula Valley in northern Israel. Towns in the Galilee panhandle include Metula and Kiryat Shmona.

In 1920, the Sykes-Picot Treaty was amended to transfer areas of Jewish settlement from the French Mandate of Lebanon to the British Mandate for Palestine.

Rocket attacks from Lebanon have been an ongoing problem for communities in the Galilee Panhandle.

See also

• Geography of Israel

References

1. Rocket hits Galilee panhandle

33°12′N 35°36′E / 33.2°N 35.6°E / 33.2; 35.6

• Regions of Israel