Lebanese Return to Border Towns Amid Fragile Ceasefire

Despite not being official parties to the truce, Lebanon and Hezbollah see a pause in the daily exchanges of fire, as residents inspect damage and hope to stay.

• Lebanese residents of border towns have started returning home amid a fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, with some inspecting their damaged houses and others hoping to stay.
• About 55,500 Lebanese have been displaced by clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces since the beginning of the war in Gaza.
• The fighting has resulted in over 100 deaths in Lebanon, including more than a dozen civilians and three journalists, and 12 deaths on the Israeli side, including four civilians.
• Despite Lebanon and Hezbollah not being official parties to the ceasefire, the pause in fighting has brought a temporary halt to the daily exchanges of rockets, artillery shells, and air strikes.
• During the ceasefire, the Israeli military intercepted a 'suspicious aerial target' from Lebanon and shot down a missile launched at an Israeli drone, while a UN peacekeeping patrol was hit by gunfire from Israeli forces, causing no injuries but damaging the vehicle.

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