(27 Nov 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 27 November 2024
1. Israeli soldier walking in street
2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Isaac Rahamim, Tel Aviv resident:
"I am against this agreement. Give us another month, we will emerge victorious. This agreement is shameful and disgraceful. In another month, then we would have ruled, then we would do whatever we want with Hezbollah. What do we benefit from this agreement? We are returning to the same situation we were in before the war. In a few more years, five or 10 years, we will reach the same situation. Why? Why did we need this agreement now?"
3. People around shops
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Dana Federman, Tel Aviv resident:
"I think it’s good if the ceasefire later brings the return of hostages, then there’s no more important goal than that. I see it as the main and only goal right now."
5. Wide of street, people walking
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Shmulik Lustig, Tel Aviv resident:
"This is only temporary, that’s all, it will repeat itself, since 45 (1945) I live here, 48 (1948) the war of Independence, every few years there is a war, operations, a war, operations, it will remain that way, until I don’t know when."
7. Wide of street, with people walking
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Meir Jan, Tel Aviv resident:
"I’m all for it. But I’m asking myself the question Why when Hezbollah in Lebanon still with these most of his force left threatening in Israel, we can reach an agreement. But in Gaza, when we have 101 hostages and Hamas is almost finished, we cannot reach an agreement. That’s the question that everybody has to answer. My answer is we have 101 hostages there, which he doesn’t care about them. And because if he stops the war, we have to leave Gaza. We have to leave Gaza. We cannot build settlements there. We cannot build settlements there, the extremists in Netanyahu’s government will break up his government if he leaves Gaza. So, no war is good. But leaving the hostages back just for political reasons is not good."
9. Wide of street
STORYLINE:
The ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah received mixed reactions in Israel on Wednesday, with some people opposing the deal while others believe it is a positive step.
The ceasefire appeared to be holding Wednesday, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away from certain areas.
If it holds, the ceasefire would bring an end to nearly 14 months of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
Tel Aviv resident Isaac Rahamim was against the ceasefire, and labelled it "shameful and disgraceful."
"Give us another month, we will emerge victorious," Rahamim said.
The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire calls for an initial two-month halt to fighting and requires Hezbollah to end its armed presence in southern Lebanon, while Israeli troops are to return to their side of the border.
Dana Federman, another Tel Aviv resident said the ceasefire is good if it "later brings the return of hostages, then there’s no more important goal than that."
The ceasefire has brought relief across the tiny Mediterranean nation, coming after days of some of the most intense airstrikes and clashes since the war began, though many wondered if the agreement to stop fighting would hold.
Israel has said it will attack if Hezbollah breaks the ceasefire agreement, which was announced Tuesday.
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