Thousands head home as US-brokered truce holds in Lebanon

A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States takes hold between Israel and Hezbollah.

Thousands of displaced families are beginning to return home despite warnings against early return from Lebanese officials.

By early morning, cars stretched for kilometers along the damaged Qasmiyeh bridge, linking Tyre to the north.

The latest Israel-Hezbollah war displaced over a million people.

In southern villages, residents are returning to destruction.

In Beirut’s southern suburb, entire buildings have been reduced to rubble.

Local officials report Israel struck the neighborhood 62 times over six weeks.