Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal agreed
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Israel's prime minister has approved a ceasefire with Hezbollah - to begin on Wednesday - after weeks of intensifying conflict. Will it pave the way for a sustainable peace or does it fall short of expectations? We speak to residents on both sides of the border. Also on the programme: the diary of a young Afghan woman; and a BBC interview with a Russian military officer who served inside one of Russia’s top-secret nuclear bases. (Image: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Credit: REUTERS/Amir Cohen)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour. |
| 0:05.4 | It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service Studios in central London. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm Tim Franks. |
| 0:10.5 | And as we come on air, it now seems as if a ceasefire to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is within touching distance. |
| 0:18.6 | It's due to come in to effect early tomorrow morning, local time, |
| 0:22.9 | four in the morning, to be precise. Three hours ago, the Israeli Prime Minister, Binimin Netanyahu, |
| 0:28.4 | went on national TV to say that after meeting with his security cabinet, he was confident |
| 0:32.5 | there was indeed agreement for a deal. Just to remind you very briefly how we got to this point, |
| 0:38.6 | on October the 8th last year, the day after Hamas massacre inside Israel and the start of |
| 0:43.1 | Israel's devastating response inside Gaza from over the border, the northern border in Lebanon, |
| 0:49.3 | the powerful Hezbollah militia started firing missiles into Israel in support of Hamas. |
| 0:54.4 | Tens of thousands of Israelis were eventually forced to move from their homes in the north. |
| 1:00.1 | Israel, meanwhile, had responded with strikes of its own, which then at the beginning of last |
| 1:03.8 | month turned into a far more intense conflict. |
| 1:07.3 | As the Israeli Air Force struck targets across Lebanon and the Israeli army began a land invasion into southern Lebanon. |
| 1:14.2 | Almost 4,000 died, according to Lebanese officials. |
| 1:16.8 | A million were displaced. |
| 1:18.8 | So how will this deal work? |
| 1:21.0 | This is the Israeli Prime Minister's view as he set it out on Israeli TV. |
| 1:26.0 | Bin Yomín Netanyahu's message in Hebrew had this simultaneous translation. |
| 1:29.9 | Citizens of Israel, tonight I will bring to the Cabinet's approval an outline for a ceasefire in Lebanon. |
| 1:37.0 | The duration of the ceasefire will depend on what will happen in Lebanon. |
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