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

Hezbollah leader warns of expanded confrontations with Israel if Gaza conflict continues

STORY: Hezbollah leader warns of expanded confrontations with Israel if Gaza conflict continues SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:41 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of supporters of Hezbollah listening to Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah's speech 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH, Hezbollah Secretary General 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH, Hezbollah Secretary General 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ZEINAB FADLALLAH, Supporter of Hezbollah 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): HUSSEIN MANTACH, Supporter of Hezbollah STORYLINE: Hezbollah Leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Friday that confrontations with Israel on Lebanon's southern border will extend beyond current clashes. In his first televised speech since the Israel-Hamas conflict and Israel-Hezbollah confrontation erupted weeks ago, Nasrallah told his audience that "all options are open on our southern front. We can resort to these options at any time." SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYYED HASS