After a ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced, displaced families have started returning to towns and villages in southern Lebanon that lie in ruins. Many neighborhoods have become unrecognizable after months of cross-border shelling and airstrikes, which have flattened homes, shops, and public buildings.
Those who had sought shelter with relatives, in schools, or in cramped apartments in safer areas are now making the journey back to see what remains of their property. Many have found collapsed roofs, burned-out cars, and doors and windows torn off their hinges.
With basic services still disrupted and security fragile, some residents are staying only long enough to collect documents, clothes, and household items before leaving again. Others, with nowhere else to go, are trying to restart their lives amid the rubble.
According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 have killed 3,798 people and forced roughly 1.2 million to flee.
