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Handelsblatt · 2024-11-27
Thousands of Lebanese returned on Wednesday to their villages and towns in the south as soon as the ceasefire took effect, despite widespread destruction and warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese armies. Residents had fled months of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, which killed more than 3,000 people. The ceasefire, brokered by the United States and France, is set for sixty days, during which Israeli troops are to withdraw gradually from the south and Hezbollah is to pull its fighters north of the Litani River.
Thousands of Lebanese returned on Wednesday to their villages and towns in the south as soon as the ceasefire took effect, despite widespread destruction and warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese armies. Residents had fled months of fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia, wh…