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An uneasy calm has settled over the Middle East as Israel and Iran have agreed to an uneasy cease-fire. There is plenty of worry on the Israeli side, however, that Iran is only too eager to shatter the delicate truce. Israeli intelligence stays ever vigilant that the Iranians can try to wreak havoc at a moment’s notice, but in the meantime, day-to-day life grow a bit less volatile. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller is stationed in Jerusalem; she told 710 WOR’s Mendte in the Morning audience that the Israelis are gradually letting out a cautious sigh of relief as things settle down.
Miller told host Larry Mendte that the basic need for sleep is something most Israelis are especially enjoying as normalcy returns: “I think there’s a lot of relief here, that the cease-fire between Israel and Iran sems to be holding after kind of a rocky start yesterday morning. It was the first night that we had where nobody in the country had sirens, that people got a full night of sleep, although a lot of people today were talking about how they woke up in the middle of the night anyway, because I guess we’ve been on a weird missile-attack clock, so people are waking up even when there are no sirens, but I think there’s a lot of relief now that this chapter, this first and hopefully last chapter for a long time is over with Iran.”
With the cease-fire in place and one eye on Iran, Miller says the Israelis are getting back to unfinished business: “It’s amazing how quickly the Israeli focus now is back on Gaza… and we’re hearing the mediators are talking now between the sides again, and I think that’s where we’re going to keep our eye on next, you know, will there be another Gaza cease-fire out of this as well.”
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