Ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel 'opens door' to Gaza deal
Newshour
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🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The US envoy who negotiated the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah says it may lead to both a deal with Hamas and a normalisation agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Both Israel and Lebanon have told displaced people not to rush back to their homes, but thousands in Lebanon are rushing back home.
Also in the programme: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to appeal against the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court; and German car giant Volkswagen struggles at home and abroad.
(Photo: a woman stands among the rubble of her house after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect, in Tyre, Lebanon. Credit: Reuters)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service coming to live from London with me, Sean Lay. |
| 0:11.0 | A ceasefire is not an end but a beginning, the start of a process, with both sides sensitive to any deviation from the agreement. |
| 0:19.2 | The US Special Envoy negotiating between Hezbollah and Israel, |
| 0:23.3 | Amos Hochstein, who will hear from shortly, brokered the deal in conjunction with France, |
| 0:27.6 | the former colonial power in Lebanon, and still influential there. Mr. Hoxstein stressed that the |
| 0:32.9 | next 60 days should see a gradual withdrawal of Israel's defence forces from Lebanon's sovereign territory. |
| 0:39.2 | Hezbollah, in turn, is supposed to remove its fighters and weapons from what's known as the |
| 0:43.8 | blue line. That's the unofficial border between Lebanon and Israel and the Littani River, about 30 kilometres to the north of that. |
| 0:50.9 | The Lebanese army will replace Hezbollah and ensure that any weapons or infrastructure |
| 0:55.1 | used by the armed group can't be restored. Both Israel and Lebanon have cautioned people |
| 1:00.5 | displaced by the fighting not to rush back to their homes, but thousands in southern Lebanon |
| 1:05.3 | appeared to be ignoring that advice throughout the day on Wednesday, lines of vehicles, |
| 1:10.1 | and backed up on the main highway |
| 1:11.5 | that links Beirut, the capital, to southern Lebanon. Some drivers displayed Hezbollah flags and |
| 1:16.7 | posters showing the group's former leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike. |
| 1:22.6 | And as we heard in the news, Israel has now imposed a nighttime curfew on those trying to travel into southern |
| 1:28.7 | Lebanon. |
| 1:29.9 | Well, the BBC's Lena Sinjab went to Daya in southern Beirut today and spoke to one woman |
| 1:35.1 | outside the ruins of her family home. |
| 1:37.8 | My name is Rayan Salman. |
| 1:40.0 | I lived here for around 25 years since I was born. |
| 1:44.6 | And we had to leave our home and we went to Aramun, Mount Lebanon. |
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