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This is a moment of victory, pride and honor for us, the Shiite sect, and for all of Lebanon,
said Hussein Sweidan, a resident returning to the port city of Tyre I think it is still not safe to return to our homes because Hezbollah is still close to us,
said Eliyahu Maman, who was displaced from the northern city of Kiryat Shmona, which was hit hard by the months of fighting They were a nasty and ugly 60 days,
said Mohammed Kaafarani, 59, who was displaced from the Lebanese village of Bidias They control us and we can’t do anything about it. This war killed whoever it killed and now they’re telling us it’s a victory,
said a young man who was returning from neighboring Syria after being displaced from the eastern Bekaa province The length of the cease-fire will depend on what happens in Lebanon,
It is a new day, on which the page is turned on one of the harshest periods of suffering that the Lebanese have lived through in their modern history.”
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said in a televised address 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,
Everything we were shown testifies to the fact that the next round is ahead of us, whether in a month, two months or 10 years,
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,
In full coordination with the United States, we retain complete military freedom of action.”
Now, ... as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all but confirmed on Tuesday with his pledge to “strike decisively” in the event that Hezbollah violates the ceasefire They agree to a ceasefire in one place and not in the other? Have mercy on the children, the elderly and the women. We are sitting in tents and now it is winter.”
Ahlam Abu Shalabi, a woman displaced from Gaza City, said We hope that this step will contribute to stopping the violence and instability that the region is suffering from.”
The Palestinian presidency said in a statement It would not have been possible to envisage a ceasefire in Lebanon without France being involved on the front line,
