(26 Nov 2024)
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Haifa, Israel – 26 November 2024
1. Displaced Israelis from north watching speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on television
2. Displaced Israeli, Noy Friedman (left), with woman in hotel
3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Noy Friedman, displaced from community of Shlomi in Northern Israel:
“Even now, as they are talking about some kind of agreement or some kind of deal with Lebanon, it is not something that I personally feel secure about, and I am also not ready for my family to return to Shlomi.”
4. Displaced Israelis sitting at table
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Margaret Shemtov, displaced from community of Ya’ara in Northern Israel:
“The agreement is a bit disappointing but I understand that there was no choice because there is pressure from the Americans to reach this agreement, otherwise we will not receive the weapons. It’s not a peace agreement, it’s a ceasefire for the time being, it (what will happen) needs to be seen.”
6. Various of displaced Israelis in hotel lobby
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Eliyahu Maman displaced from Kiryat Shmona in Northern Israel:
“I am against the ceasefire.
Reporter (Hebrew): ""Why?"
Eliyahu Maman (Hebrew): "Because I think it is still not safe to return to our homes because Hezbollah is still close to us (to the border) and any missile can do damage in Kiryat Shmona and I am not ready to return to Kiryat Shmona.”
8. Exterior of hotel ++NIGHT SHOT++
9. Israeli and American flags waving outside hotel ++NIGHT SHOT++
STORYLINE:
Israel approved a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement with Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Tuesday, setting the stage for an end to nearly 14 months of fighting linked to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s security Cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement late Tuesday after it was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his office said.
Ahead of the security Cabinet’s decision, displaced Israelis expressed doubts about the prospect of a ceasefire.
Speaking after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech on the proposed ceasefire, Noy Friedman, who was displaced from Shlomi in Northern Israel, said the deal was not something she felt "secure about".
"“Even now, as they are talking about some kind of agreement or some kind of deal with Lebanon, it is not something that I personally feel secure about, and I am also not ready for my family to return to Shlomi," she said.
“The agreement is a bit disappointing,” added Margaret Shemtov who was displaced Ya’ara in Northern Israel.
“But I understand that there was no choice because there is pressure from the Americans to reach this agreement, otherwise we will not receive the weapons,” she added.
In the hours leading up to the Cabinet meeting, Israel carried out its most intense wave of strikes in Beirut and its southern suburbs and issued a record number of evacuation warnings.
At least 24 people were killed in strikes across the country, according to local authorities, as Israel signalled it aims to keep pummelling Hezbollah in the final hours before any ceasefire takes hold.
An Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire would mark the first major step toward ending the regionwide unrest triggered by Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
But it does not address the devastating war in Gaza.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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