New ceasefire takes effect in Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon

STORY: New ceasefire takes effect in Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMAD BATAKJI, Palestinian relief officer 3. various of refugees 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): NOUHAD DIMASSI, Local resident STORYLINE: A ceasefire agreement was reached on Thursday in Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian camp located near the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, which allowed relief workers to continue evacuating civilians who were caught in the gunfire. This came after a day of talks initiated by Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, the local L'Orient Today news website reported. Effective as of 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Thursday, the ceasefire immediately silenced the guns within the camp, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported Thursday evening. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which