Displaced returning to southern Lebanon amid hopes ceasefire will hold
Al Jazeera
People quick to start making their way back to homes amid signs that Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding.
Displaced Lebanese people have started returning to the south of the country amid hopes that the embryonic ceasefire deal between Hezbollah and Israel will hold.
Civilians began moving south towards their homes shortly after the truce, announced overnight by United States President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron, took effect in the early hours of Wednesday.
The Lebanese army was also quick to announce that it was preparing to deploy to the Israeli-invaded south and “carry out its mission” under United Nations Resolution 1701.
The pledge to respect the 2006 resolution, which requires Hezbollah to move away from the border with Israel, is at the centre of the ceasefire agreement.
The military called on people not to return to front-line villages until after the Israeli military withdraws. However, a tide of civilians has been heading for home.
