in Lebanon, displaced people return home after the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
A few hours after the truce came into effect, thousands of displaced people set out on their way home. The year of hostilities and the two months of Israeli offensive have pushed around 900,000 people to flee their homes, according to the Lebanese government.
After two months of open war which left more than 3,800 dead, according to the authorities, a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah came into force on Wednesday November 27 in Lebanon. Forming major traffic jams from dawn around the capital Beirut, thousands of displaced residents took to the road in overloaded cars and minibuses to return to their towns and villages, which were sometimes destroyed. The Israeli army nevertheless called on civilians not to approach its border positions.
Joy is visible in the streets of Dahyeh, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where residents prepare to return home after more than a year of war on November 27, 2024. Some display Hezbollah flags. (NAEL CHAHINE / MIDDLE EAST IMAGES / AFP)
In the suburbs of Beirut, the roads leading to the south of the country were stormed by displaced people wishing to return home, on November 27, 2024. On the coastal highway, an intense flow of vehicles began at dawn and continued until late at night. (HOUSSAM SHBARO / ANATOLIA / AFP)
On their way back to the Dahiyeh district of Beirut, many Hezbollah supporters wave the Islamist organization's yellow flag, November 27, 2024. (HOUSSAM SHBARO / ANATOLIA / AFP)
A man unloads his car upon arrival in Chebaa, southern Lebanon, November 27, 2024. (AFP)
In the town of Chebaa (southern Lebanon), many buildings have been destroyed or damaged, shelled by the Israeli army in recent weeks, on November 27, 2024. (RAMIZ DALLAH / ANATOLIA / AFP)
On the road back to Cana, a little girl sits in a car decorated with a portrait of the former leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, killed by the Israeli army. Some displaced people stuck photos of the charismatic leader of the Lebanese Islamist movement on the windows on November 27, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
A resident walks amid rubble in the village of Zibqin, in southern Lebanon, on November 27, 2024. Many displaced people who had fled the war found their homes damaged or destroyed. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
In the border town of Chebaa, many buildings were destroyed or damaged. (RAMIZ DALLAH / ANATOLIA / AFP)
Children arrive at their homes in Cana, in the south of the country, on November 27, 2024. The two months of war have caused the displacement of more than 400,000 young people, according to Unicef. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Women reunite after returning to their homes in the southern Lebanese town of Qana on November 27, 2024. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
A resident who had fled the border village of Chebaa returns home with some personal belongings in bags, November 27, 2024. (AFP)