00:01Smoke rises over southern Lebanon Thursday.
00:04Despite a ceasefire, forces from neighboring Israel are still fighting with its enemy there, Iran-backed militia Hezbollah.
00:11It's not just combatants who have died in the continued violence.
00:16Thousands of mourners follow the coffin of Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil, killed in an Israeli strike while reporting.
00:23Yet in Washington, officials haven't given up on peace.
00:26U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a three-week extension of the ceasefire after meeting with ranking Israeli and
00:33Lebanese envoys.
00:35He says he'll meet the leaders of both countries soon, saying they share in opposition to Hezbollah.
00:40If you look at Hezbollah, that's where everybody seems to be united against them.
00:46So they are both very united in that way.
00:50I think there's a very good chance of having peace.
00:52I think it should be an easy one.
00:53Relative to some of the things we're working on, it should be an easy one.
00:57Even getting the two countries' envoys in the same room, as the U.S. has now done twice, is a
01:02diplomatic achievement.
01:03They've technically been at war since Israel's creation and have clashed multiple times over the decades.
01:09But moving the dialogue forward might not be so easy.
01:15Hezbollah has been around since the 1980s and says it has a right to resist, potentially undermining talks.
01:21The high civilian death toll and displacement from Israel's invasion is also making peace difficult.
01:27And among people on both sides of the tense border, a deep sense of ambivalence.
01:33In Lebanon's capital, Beirut, some are weary of regular wars.
01:38I request that we reach a deal because there is no solution without talks.
01:42It is taking too long, but ultimately there will be peace.
01:46While others think the fighting has gone far past the point where the two sides can set aside differences and
01:51form a relationship.
01:53I do not think normalization is a solution with a country that has killed our sons and our people.
01:59I think there is something better than this.
02:01It's a similar story in Israel, where Hezbollah strikes regularly hit northern areas.
02:07Even those who prefer peace say the group must go first.
02:12We do not want to be hostile with the state of Lebanon.
02:16We have no hostility toward them.
02:18I think there are undoubtedly wonderful people there.
02:21People who seek peace just as we seek peace.
02:25Hezbollah needs to be eliminated once and for all.
02:28While others are unsure about even the idea of neighborly ties.
02:34I don't really believe in peace with Lebanon because Hezbollah is there.
02:38They keep multiplying.
02:39They get killed, but they multiply.
02:41And I would be willing to be optimistic and hope there will be peace.
02:45Let's hope.
02:46Hope for the best.
02:47The ceasefire has greatly reduced the violence,
02:50but Trump now has the delicate task of mending fences that have been broken since the start
02:54and overcoming generations of hate and mistrust.
02:58Luffy Lee and John Van Trieste for Taiwan Plus.
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03:03Hezbollah is in that area of the country.
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03:03Hezbollah has seven values in the land and her life.
03:03There are two Americans.
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