An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man makes a ritual and immerse in a mountain water spring in Israel's northern city of Safed on September 26, 2024 amid fighting between the Jewish state and Hezbollah. Israel flatly rejected on September 26 a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants "until victory". (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)