A fragile calm in Lebanon as a US-brokered truce holds and families head home
By Kareem Chehayeb
Published on April 17, 2026.
A 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States has held between Israel and Hezbollah, leading thousands of displaced families to return home. Despite warnings from Lebanese officials not to return to southern Lebanon, many began moving towards southern Lebanon shortly after the ceasefire was declared. The latest Israel-Hezbollah war displaced over a million people. In southern villages like Jibsheet, residents returned to flattened apartment blocks and streets littered with chunks of concrete, twisted aluminum shutters and dangling electrical wires. The truce appears to be largely holding.
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