After four decades, Lebanon and Israel finally talk

经过四十年,黎巴嫩和以色列终于开始对话。

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2026-04-14

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With the US and Iran in deadlock, could historic talks between Lebanon and Israel help steer the Middle East towards peace? William Christou reports. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • Today, Israel and Lebanon have finally agreed to talk.

  • You know, it's just a normal sunny day, beautiful day.

  • Everybody was optimistic.

  • There's a ceasefire.

  • People are happy that there is finally something good is happening between the leaders in the world.

  • They're talking to each other.

  • You know, this is what everybody has in mind.

  • And then boom.

  • This is Ghida Faki.

  • Last week, like so many in Lebanon, waiting for that news,

  • that yes, finally there was hope that the war between the US, Israel and Iran might be ending.

  • She was looking forward to stability again.

  • But then Israel launched a bombing campaign in Lebanon that has been described as its deadliest in decades.

  • You know, there are a lot of horrifying scenes that came out of the bombing on Wednesday.

  • One of them was the story of Naya Fakir.

  • You know, she's a little girl, a 13-year-old girl who is coming back from basketball practice.

  • She plays basketball like eight, nine times a week.

  • And that day she had basketball because now they're on Easter vacation.

  • She had basketball at nine o'clock in the morning.