Thousands of *Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah have begun the journey home* as a ceasefire took hold, with *many celebrating an end* to the deadly fighting.
*The truce brings to a halt a war that has killed thousands in Lebanon* and resulted in mass displacement on both sides of the border.
The war *escalated after nearly a year of cross-border fire initiated by Hezbollah* in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas, whose attack on Israel in October last year sparked the devastating war in Gaza.
Israel *shifted its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in September to secure its northern border* from attacks by Hezbollah, and dealt the movement a relentless string of staggering blows.
*The Iran-backed group*, which has yet to formally comment on the ceasefire, *emerges from the war massively weakened* but not crushed, and still mourning the killing in an Israeli air raid of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
Thousands of *Lebanese displaced by the war between Israel and Hezbollah have begun the journey home* as a ceasefire took hold, with *many celebrating an end* to the deadly fighting.
🇱🇧 🇮🇱 *The truce brings to a halt a war that has killed thousands in Lebanon* and resulted in mass displacement on both sides of the border.
The war *escalated after nearly a year of cross-border fire initiated by Hezbollah* in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas, whose attack on Israel in October last year sparked the devastating war in Gaza.
Israel *shifted its focus from Gaza to Lebanon in September to secure its northern border* from attacks by Hezbollah, and dealt the movement a relentless string of staggering blows.
*The Iran-backed group*, which has yet to formally comment on the ceasefire, *emerges from the war massively weakened* but not crushed, and still mourning the killing in an Israeli air raid of its longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah.
