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For Hezbollah the priority is to guarantee the loyalty of the Shi’ite community. The destruction has been enormous and it will impact the organization,
said Mohanand Hage Ali of the Carnegie Middle East Center We want to collect our martyrs and bury them ... we want to rebuild our homes,
said Hawraa, who stayed in her village until she was forced to flee by the Israeli assault in September I have a brother who was martyred, a brother-in-law who was wounded in the pager attacks, and my neighbours and relatives are all either martyrs, wounded or missing,
said Hawraa, a woman from south Lebanon with family members who fight for Hezbollah To shelter them, to remove the rubble, to bid farewell to the martyrs and, in the next phase, to rebuild,
To get around the issue, media reports had suggested that the US would issue a letter supporting Israel's right to act,
Even its imperfect implementation in 2006 brought over 16 years of relative peace and stability. Both sides are ready for that."
Resolution 1701 was often criticized, Abercrombie-Winstanley pointed out The (Israeli army) will be able to move more units back to Gaza, and definitely this might bring a change,
he said, hoping it would push Hamas to release the hostages A deal could then take time and the war could become a frozen conflict,
Ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza is only for one purpose: to release hostages,
he told AFP, referring to the 97 people - some of them already dead - still held in Gaza after being kidnapped during the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel It was clear to the (Israeli) army from the minute that they escalated against Hezbollah that it wanted to limit the operation because the cost could be much higher than the utility,
Israel needs to seize the moment and really get the American administration on board to deal with Iran,
Israel feels like it’s in a position more than any other time to keep Iran weak and vulnerable, and to try and keep the pressure up further on its nuclear program,
The question is how committed the US-led effort will be to police the agreement, to remain steadfast in its own role to ensure enforcement."
However, Ozcelik continued The challenge would be, for the Americans, is if Hezbollah is not implementing the agreement,
This is now when the hard work begins to ensure that violations are not committed by either party,
Then the whole thing will collapse right away and Israel will resume the war,
The countries that support [the Israelis] must provide guarantees,
We are happy because we will return to our country and homeland in the south,
Hala Saeed, a Lebanese woman displaced from her home, told The Associated Press Our joy is very great,
Kamal al-Haj Ali, another displaced resident, told the AP President Biden intends to begin that work today by having his envoys engage with Turkey, Qatar, Egypt, and other actors in the region,
