(3 Dec 2024)
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Nabatiyeh, Lebanon – 3 December 2024
1. Various of destruction
2. Wide of a banner showing late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on rubble of building
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Avivim, Israel – 2 December 2024
3. Various STILLS of Israeli soldiers patrolling
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Jerusalem – 3 December 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Federman, The Associated Press: ++NIGHT SHOT++
"The ceasefire in Lebanon appears to be holding up, but it is certainly being put to the test. Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah agreed last week to end nearly 14 months of fighting and under the deal, they each agreed to withdraw their forces from southern Lebanon within 60 days. But since then, they have repeatedly accused each other of violating the terms of the truce. In the most serious incident, Israel responded to a Hezbollah mortar attack with a series of airstrikes that killed at least 11 people in Lebanon. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to enforce this truce with what he calls an iron fist, and his defence minister has threatened to expand Israel’s targets beyond Hezbollah and begin striking Lebanese governmental targets if the situation continues to worsen. Now, despite this tough rhetoric, both sides say that they remain committed to the deal and they’ve been careful to make sure that the situation does not spin completely out of control. But on the ground, things remain tense. In Lebanon, tens of thousands of people remain unable to return to their homes in southern Lebanon because Israeli troops remain positioned in their villages. And on the Israeli side, an estimated 45,000 people who have been displaced by the fighting over the past year still are wary of going home. The vast majority of them say it is still far too dangerous to go back."
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Nabatiyeh, Lebanon – 3 December 2024
5. Mid of bulldozer clearing street
6. Various of people clearing rubble
STORYLINE:
Israeli forces carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, including a deadly strike that the Health Ministry and state media said killed a shepherd, further shaking a tenuous ceasefire meant to end more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the truce.
His defence minister warned that if the ceasefire collapses, Israel will target not just Hezbollah but the Lebanese state — an expansion of Israel’s campaign.
Israel also carried out an airstrike in Syria, saying it killed a senior member of Hezbollah responsible for coordinating with Syria’s army on rearming and resupplying the Lebanese militant group.
Israel has repeatedly hit Hezbollah targets in Syria, but Tuesday’s attack was a rare public acknowledgement.
Syrian state media reported that an Israeli drone strike hit a car in a suburb of the capital Damascus, killing one person.
Since the two-month ceasefire in Lebanon began last Wednesday, the U.S.- and French-brokered deal has been rattled by near daily Israeli attacks, although Israel has been vague about the purported Hezbollah violations that prompted them.
On Monday, it was shaken by its biggest test yet.
Hezbollah fired two projectiles toward an Israeli-held disputed border zone, its first volley since the ceasefire began, saying it was a “warning” in response to Israel’s strikes. Israel responded with its heaviest barrage of the past week, killing 10 people.
Israeli troops are also to pull back to their side of the border.
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