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Israel lifts restrictions, signalling confidence that ceasefire will hold

25 June 2025 00:26 (UTC +04:00)

After this war started, the Israeli government imposed restrictions on the country, meaning life for ordinary people changed drastically, APA reports citing the BBC.

Normally bustling streets were deserted, many non-essential shops and schools shut, and the airspace also closed.

Now, the government has announced that in most of the country, apart from communities near Gaza, restrictions will lift.

This means the Airports Authority has said flights will resume from Israel’s major airports in Tel Aviv and Haifa, schools will re-open and the health system - which previously said it would reduce operations and provide only essential treatments - is returning to normal.

This suggests that at least for now the Israeli government is confident this ceasefire will hold.

But we still don’t know what the terms of it are, or how long cessations have been agreed for, and it has already proved fragile.