Northern Israel residents voice doubts over US-brokered Lebanon deal

(5 Jun 2026) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Northern Israel - 5 June 2026 1. Various of damaged houses in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel ASSOCIATED PRESS Kiryat Shmona, Israel - 5 June 2026 2. Various of man putting on arm straps and leather boxes called Tefillin to conduct Jewish prayers 3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Zevik Zweigi, Deputy mayor of Kiryat Shmona "So there is some disappointment here, there is a sense of insecurity, there is a feeling that decisions are being left in the hands of foreign countries. We've probably done this for several rounds already, and if you keep doing the same thing all the time, there's no chance you'll get a different result, certainly not a better one." 4. Mid of Zweigi with Kiryat Shmona residents 5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Zevik Zweigi, Deputy mayor of Kiryat Shmona "And I turn to (US president) Donald Trump, and I want to tell him that there was never for a moment a ceasefire here. And I am sure that if this were happening in one of his states, it would not be overlooked, and I know how he would act. Therefore, I want him to give us the independence to act as we know, or as we think is right for the residents and citizens of the State of Israel and for the future of the entire north here." 6. Elay Revivo, a resident of Kiryat Shmona, walking at a mall 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Elay Revivo, resident of Kiryat Shmona "Lebanon army has shown us time and time again that they cannot take control of that area. I wish, but no, I don't think so." 8. People at mall 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Elay Revivo, resident of Kiryat Shmona "I'm 23, about to be 24 years old. I'm about to study here in the area, and they tell us time and time again that there is a ceasefire, but we keep seeing that it doesn't hold and doesn't exist. Like a ceasefire here means nothing." 10. Mid of people at mall 11. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Shira Edi, resident of Kiryat Shmona: "It pains me that we are residents of the north and we don't have... like, many of us, I'm like 18 years old and I don't feel that I have a future here, I don't feel that I will build my future here in because of security (concerns), and this year it also created difficulties in education. Also security-wise, businesses here are collapsing, people here are traumatized, and I think this ceasefire is not really a solution, because it was done in the past and it will be done now, and in the end, people don't really feel that they live under security." ASSOCIATED PRESS Northern Israel - 5 June 2026 12. Zoom in from northern Israel to plume of smoke rising from southern Lebanon STORYLINE: Some residents of northern Israel on Friday expressed doubts over the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement in Lebanon. The agreement, announced in a joint statement by the U.S., Israel and Lebanon Wednesday, comes after Israeli forces made their deepest incursion into Lebanon in more than a quarter century. Israel’s air force struck different parts of southern Lebanon on Friday as the military issued evacuation warnings for nine villages, including one that has been spared much of the destruction and was sheltering thousands of people displaced by the three-month war. Six people were killed, Lebanon's state news agency reported. The warnings forced hundreds of families to flee the village of Anqoun and the area of Aarnaya, on the edge of the predominantly Christian village of Maghdoucheh, near the southern port city of Sidon. A fellow resident said he does not trust that the Lebanese army has the power to control Hezbollah. For 18-year-old Shira Edi, there is no future in northern Israel. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...