(18 Dec 2024)
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Beirut – 17 December 2024
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1. Various of a Christmas parade, band members marching and performing
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nancy Keumjian, Beirut resident:
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"First of all, thank God that the war is over. Secondly, the situation in Lebanon is always on fire. We the Lebanese love a joyful atmosphere, we never say no to any occasion. We love life. We love occasions, we love to celebrate and enjoy ourselves. (English) We don’t give up, any time."
3. Various of a Christmas parade
4. Man wearing Santa costume ringing bell
5. Person dressed as bear mascot walking through crowds
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sevan Demirjian, Beirut resident:
"No matter what they do, we the Lebanese want to live and celebrate. This is our spirit, and this is our people who never die and never surrender to anything, for sure."
7. Visitors at Christmas market
8. Sign on Christmas tree reading (English): "Hope"
STORYLINE:
People in Lebanon welcomed the Christmas season with markets and parades on Tuesday, following the ceasefire that ended nearly 14 months of war between Israel-Hezbollah.
Streets in Beirut have been decorated with Christmas trees and illuminated at night to celebrate the holiday season.
"We the Lebanese love a joyful atmosphere, we never say no to any occasion. We love life," said Beirut resident Nancy Keumjia.
Lebanese families visited a crowded Beirut Christmas market which offered items and gifts created by Lebanese designers.
Tens of thousands of Lebanese people are expected to come from abroad to celebrate with their families and friends.
Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants began a ceasefire in late November.
The ceasefire ended nearly 14 months of war between Israel and Hezbollah, capped by an intensified Israeli bombardment since late September and ground invasion that killed hundreds of Hezbollah members and civilians in Lebanon and sent more than 1.4 million fleeing their homes.
The 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.
AP video by Fadi Tawil and Mahmad Aounti
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