Life in Tel Aviv returns to normal while ceasefire between Israel and Iran holds

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(28 Jun 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel - 28 June 2025
1. Various of people at the beach
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Dafna Hagoel, shiatsu therapist:
"We've been locked up in shelters and we've only going out to get necessities, food, and walking the dog, which was also problematic. I think it was really rough because you are locked in shelters, you can't see anybody, not your family, not your friend, not even the news because there is no reception in the shelters. So it was a feeling of the unknown. That was the hardest part: not hearing from your closest ones, not knowing if they are okay, if they survived. A lot of our friends and people we know never came back from the (October 7th) massacre. Our hearts are not full, you know, until they are here, until we can come back to life in the most whole way there is. There's no coming back (to normal) until they come back."
3. Various of people at the beach
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Robert Mariam, student:
"The operations that Israel held in Iran are going to buy a lot of time for peace, but I don't think it will last forever. I see the ceasefire as a temporary solution and not as a full solution."
5. Various of people at the beach
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eden Aharon, hairstylist:
"It's very weird to go back (to normal) like nothing happened, but we try because we need to move on, we need to carry on with the life we had. We need to show them that we are not scared and not show them that our lives are being destroyed."
7. Various of people at the beach
STORYLINE:
Beaches in Tel Aviv were packed on Saturday while a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran appeared to be holding after initially faltering.

Families flocked the promenade in Jaffa to jog along the coast from early morning Saturday.

Others played with their dogs on the seafront, having hardly been able to take them out a few days ago when Iranian missiles struck residential areas in the coastal city.

"It was really rough," said Dafna Hagoel, a shiatsu therapist from Tel Aviv. "You are locked in shelters. You can't see anybody, not your family, not your friends, not even the news."

During the 12-day war which erupted when Israel surprisingly struck Iran, Israel claimed it killed around 30 Iranian commanders and 11 nuclear scientists, while hitting eight nuclear-related facilities and more than 720 military infrastructure sites.

Iran fired more than 550 ballistic missiles at Israel, most of which were intercepted, but those that got through caused damage in many areas.

"It's very weird to go back (to normal) like nothing happened, but we try because we need to move on," said Eden Aharon, an Israeli hairstylist.

After the truce was supposed to take effect, Israel accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace.

The Iranian military denied firing on Israel, state media reported, but explosions boomed, and sirens sounded across northern Israel on Monday morning. Israeli military official said two Iranian missiles were intercepted.

Even if the deal got off to a rocky start, it appears to have been saved for now.

A protracted conflict could have a broad economic impact if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping channel.

Earlier this week, Tehran said 606 people had been killed in the conflict in Iran, with 5,332 people wounded.

The Washington-based Human Rights Activists group released figures Wednesday suggesting Israeli strikes on Iran had killed at least 1,054 and wounded 4,476.


At least 28 people were killed in Israel and more than 1,000 wounded, according to officials there.




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