PDB Afternoon Bulletin | January 24th, 2025: Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Faces Major Test & Syria's Islamist Rulers Issue Warning To Jerusalem
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| 0:55.8 | Thank you. It's Friday, 24 January. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. Let's get briefed. First, tensions are once again flaring with Hezbollah as Israeli leaders say they will not withdraw their troops from Lebanon by Sunday's ceasefire deadline, throwing |
| 1:01.5 | the future of the peace deal into question. Then, turning to Israel's northeast, leaders in Jerusalem |
| 1:07.7 | are signaling that they intend to maintain their troop presence in a demilitarized |
| 1:12.9 | buffer zone separating the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from Syria, sparking concerns about a |
| 1:19.9 | potential confrontation. But first, our afternoon spotlight. While Israel and Hamas have begun |
| 1:26.3 | implementing the terms of their historic ceasefire in |
| 1:29.1 | Gaza, it appears that Jerusalem's fragile truce with Hezbollah in Lebanon is at risk of collapse. |
| 1:36.6 | Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Friday that the Israeli military would not complete its |
| 1:41.2 | full withdrawal from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline set under |
| 1:45.7 | their ceasefire with leaders in Beirut, citing a failure by Hezbollah and the Lebanese military |
| 1:51.2 | to adhere to the terms of the agreement. That's according to a report from the Times of Israel. |
| 1:57.4 | Specifically, Israel says the Lebanese army has deployed too slowly to a buffer zone along their border with Israel, |
| 2:04.4 | and that Hezbollah is still operating in areas covered by the truce. |
| 2:09.0 | Officials with the Israeli military have said they are still finding large caches of Hezbollah weapons in southern Lebanon, |
| 2:16.5 | and that in some locations, the Lebanese military |
| 2:19.1 | has even been seen aiding the Iranian-backed terror group. Well, that's shocking. Netanyahu's |
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