Temporary calm returns to Lebanon's southern border after Gaza truce begins

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Temporary calm returns to Lebanon's southern border after Gaza truce begins

STORY: Temporary calm returns to Lebanon's southern border after Gaza truce begins SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 24, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of houses damaged by Israeli shelling in El-Jibbein 2. various of citizens of El-Jibbein 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IM ALI FADLALLAH, Villager of El-Jibbein 4. various of border area STORYLINE: A precarious calm returned to the Lebanon's southern border area on Friday after a humanitarian truce between Hamas and Israel took effect. However, in the border village of El-Jibbein, many Lebanese had left their hometown due to the Israeli raids and bombing, and returned only to check on their properties. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IM ALI FADLALLAH, Villager of El-Jibbein "They said there is a truce for 4 days, so we came back to check our tobacco crop. We are farmers and we returned during this truce. Hopefully, we can save the crop and sell it. Once the truce is over, we will leave the village and will not

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