Exhausted Lebanese families return to homes in south on first day of ceasefire | The National

On the first day of a fragile ceasefire, displaced Lebanese families defied warnings and flooded back to their homes in the south. The roads were choked with traffic as people carried their belongings, enduring hours-long delays. While some celebrated their return, waving flags, others had nothing left to return to - their villages destroyed. A woman traveling to her bulldozed village to visit her son's grave said, 'The living are tired, and the dead are at peace.' Despite the risks, the longing for home was stronger than fear. https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/04/17/exhausted-lebanese-families-return-to-homes-in-south-on-first-day-of-ceasefire/