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Malcolm the online conference of Presidents, Major American Jewish Organizations joins me.

I'm John Bachelor and we welcome Yov Lapin, Israel-based military

affairs correspondent analyst for J&S, and the analyst at the Miriam Institute.

And you can follow Lapin's reporting on his patron site, strategic assessments.

Jakov, you're near the border, and that is what we're keen on.

Your most recent report reminds that the border with Beirut

with Lebanon has been evacuated up to X number of kilometers. And that was in the tens of thousands of people who left their homes.

Have they returned during this ceasefire period that's gone on seven, eight days?

Good evening to you.

Good evening, John.

John.

No they have not returned.

I did actually just come back from visiting the border area today and the northern border

with Israel, as soon as you start to approach, you know, the Lebanese frontier,

you see largely empty towns, kibbutzim, and a very, very large military presence.

So definitely most of the people who have vacated have not come back.

They do not feel safe.

And you know, when you look at the damage, I got to see some of the results of the

anti-tank missile fire that Kizbala had directed over the past eight weeks at residential homes, as well as military bases.

They make no distinction.

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