(18 Feb 2025)
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Northern Israel – 18 February 2025
1. Collapsed building with what appears to be a water reservoir and a Lebanon flag painted on it
2. People in a village in southern Lebanon walking among rubble, seen from northern Israel
3. Bulldozer in a village in southern Lebanon clearing rubble, seen from northern Israel
4. Various of line of cars in southern Lebanon, seen from northern Israel
5.SOUNDBITE (English) Ofer Moskovitz, resident of Kibbutz Misgav Am:
"95% of the people didn’t come back home. We are here at around five persons who came back to the kibbutz. Most of the people are afraid, first of all from what you see there (pointing at southern Lebanon) because you see a civilian car and in this car probably, (there are) Hezbollah warriors. We know them before the war and there is s big fear for the people. People don’t know what is going to be, what is going to happen."
6. Man in uniform holding weapon and others standing next to motorbike with Lebanese flag
7. U.N. watch tower
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ofer Moskovitz, resident of Kibbutz Misgav Am:
“They will take, let’s say four, five months and then they will see if they will come back or not, if it safe or not. Most of the people know nothing about the situation, what’s going to be. This is the border, five meters from the border. So, let’s hope it will be safe and let’s hope the IDF (Israeli military) will take care of us.”
9. Israeli troop standing next to military vehicle after leaving Lebanon
10. Troops’ equipment
11. People in a village in southern Lebanon walking among rubble, seen from northern Israel
12. Various of destruction to village in southern Lebanon, seen from northern Israel
STORYLINE:
Israeli forces withdrew Tuesday from border villages in southern Lebanon under a deadline spelled out in a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, but stayed put in five strategic overlook locations inside Lebanon.
Some villagers in southern Lebanon were seen from northern Israel, walking among the rubble of destroyed homes on Tuesday.
An armed man in a uniform was seen carrying a weapon and standing next to motorbike with a Lebanese flag.
More than 4,000 people were killed in Lebanon and more than 1 million were displaced at the height of the conflict, more than 100,000 of whom have not been able to return home.
On the Israeli side, dozens of people were killed and some 60,000 are displaced.
Ofer Moskovitz, an Israeli resident of Kibbutz Misgav Am, which is located close to the border with Lebanon, said the vast majority of the kibbutz’s residents have not come back to their homes.
"Most of the people area afraid," said Moskovitz, adding "let’s hope it will be safe."
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Israeli army "will stay in a buffer zone in Lebanon in five control posts" to guard against any ceasefire violations by Hezbollah.
He also said the army had erected new posts on the Israeli side of the border and sent reinforcements there.
Top Lebanese leaders denounced the continued presence of the Israel troops as an occupation and a violation of the deal, maintaining that Israel was required to make a full withdrawal by Tuesday.
The troops’ presence is also a sore point with the militant Hezbollah group, which has demanded action from the authorities.
AP video shot by Alon Bernstein
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