returning home, displaced Lebanese discover the extent of the damage

The truce had barely come into force on Wednesday morning, the displaced Lebanese took the road home, sometimes facing monster traffic jams. When they arrived, they could only see the extent of the damage caused by more than two months of intensive Israeli bombing, particularly in the south of the country. Back in pictures of this day.

After the ceasefire, time for the Lebanese to return home. As soon as the truce announced the day before by the United States and France came into effect, displaced residents of southern Lebanon, the southern suburbs of Beirut and the Bekaa – Hezbollah strongholds – immediately took to the road returning Wednesday, November 27 at 4 a.m. local time.

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Some had been displaced for more than a year following the launch of the support front by Hezbollah on October 8, 2024, others for two months and the opening of an open war between the Israeli army and the movement. Lebanese, which left thousands dead and 900,000 displaced in Lebanon.

With AFP

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