Fragile quiet in Lebanon as US-Iran truce leaves unanswered questions
Key takeaways
- Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent, Beirut Reuters.
- In a video widely shared online, some residents arrived by car in a village to find an Israeli armoured vehicle blocking a street.
- Exhausted after more than three months of conflict, the people of Lebanon hoped the truce would also stop the fighting here between Israel and the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah.
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Hugo Bachega Middle East correspondent, Beirut Reuters. An estimated 50,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon during the war On Monday, hours after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, families that had been displaced because of the war began to return to communities in southern Lebanon, despite warnings from the authorities that it was not safe yet.
In a video widely shared online, some residents arrived by car in a village to find an Israeli armoured vehicle blocking a street.
Exhausted after more than three months of conflict, the people of Lebanon hoped the truce would also stop the fighting here between Israel and the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah.