Another Take: Will the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire hold in Lebanon?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 747 Ratings
🗓️ 29 November 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on November 28, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has taken effect, aiming to end more than a year of war in Lebanon. As displaced families return home and celebrations erupt in Lebanon’s streets, uncertainty looms over how long the fragile peace will last.
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- Justin Salhani (@JustinSalhani), Al Jazeera Journalist
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Marthe van der Wolf. The original production team was Tamara Khandaker, Sonia Bhagat, and Chloe K. Li, with Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra, Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Hagir Saleh, Khaled Soltan, and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Andrew Greiner. Vienna Maglio and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, I'm Marta VanderWolf. |
| 0:13.0 | Back with another take, where we bring you episodes from the past. |
| 0:18.0 | A year after Israel and Lebanon signed a ceasefire, the question remains, |
| 0:25.5 | how much has really changed? In November 24, Israeli airstrikes hit Beirut and Sauter Lebanon. |
| 0:34.5 | Senior Hezbollah figures were killed, and soon after a ceasefire was announced. |
| 0:40.9 | Twelve months later, Israel is still striking Beirut and the South. And despite Lebanon's |
| 0:48.5 | president saying, the country is open to negotiations, Israel has killed yet another Hezbollah leader. |
| 0:56.8 | We're sharing that episode again to revisit the hope and the caution that met the ceasefire |
| 1:03.2 | after it was announced. None of the dates and references have changed from November 28, |
| 1:09.6 | 2024, when this episode first aired. |
| 1:17.4 | Today, a fragile peace takes hold in Lebanon. |
| 1:26.3 | More than a year of bombardment by the Israeli military has forcibly displaced 1.2 million |
| 1:31.4 | people, mostly, from southern Lebanon. Many of them are now returning to their homes. |
| 1:37.3 | A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is supposed to end over a year of violence. |
| 1:42.6 | But how likely is it to stick? |
| 1:45.0 | And what does it mean for Gaza? |
| 1:49.1 | I'm Ali Gabilal, and this is the take. |
| 1:58.1 | It's been an unpredictable last few days in Lebanon. |
| 2:01.6 | Israeli strikes in the heart of Beirut and across Lebanon. |
| 2:05.6 | A violent curtain razor to an announcement from Washington on a ceasefire agreement. |
| 2:12.6 | After months of all-out conflict, a ceasefire appears to be holding. |
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