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BBC Reports From Lebanese Border Town as Residents Try to Go Back
- On Friday, a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah, prompting thousands of displaced families to begin returning home despite warnings against entering parts of southern Lebanon.
- Al-Najda, the Shaabiya Hospital in Nabatiyeh, reported Thursday was one of the heaviest days of Israeli strikes, leaving many wounded including 33-year-old Mahmoud Sahmarani.
- Traffic backed up for kilometers at the damaged Qasmiyeh bridge near Tyre, while deputy mayor Sadek Slim reported Israel struck Haret Hreik 62 times over six weeks.
- Medic Ali Wahdan stated "Israel doesn't want peace," while fighter Lahham pledged loyalty to Hezbollah and called Lebanese leaders "the leadership of shame" for direct talks.
- Returning resident Zainab Fahas, 23, said "I feel free being back," yet acknowledged "they destroyed everything — the square, the houses, the shops, everything.
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The 10-day truce between Lebanon and Israel is welcomed by the Arab world, from Syria to Egypt and the Gulf, but remains unstable: the accusations between Israel and Hezbollah are multiplied on the ground. Trump guarantees the stop for the raids, while the displaced return to devastated homes.
Lebanese return to ‘unliveable’ areas after 10-day truce is announced as Trump says attacks by Israel are ‘prohibited’
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods yesterday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel.
A ten-day ceasefire has come into effect in Lebanon after seven weeks of war between Hezbollah and Israel. In the streets of Beirut, it is being greeted with relief and fear, as the agreement has already begun to falter.
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