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A displaced woman with her son sleeps outside their tent as they wait for an official order from Hezbollah to return home in south Lebanon following the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Displaced family members pack their belongings as they prepare to return home following a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A displaced woman with her son sleeps outside their tent as they wait for an official order from Hezbollah to return home in south Lebanon following the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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In downtown Beirut, tents still line some areas as some families begin to leave, while others wait, weighing the risks of returning south.
A tricycle piled with mattresses weaves through the camp, signaling the first departures after a fragile ceasefire.
“Our homes in the south are gone, destroyed,” said Ali Balhas, from Siddiqeen town in the Tyre province. “Israel is deceptive; you never really know its policies or how it will act toward people, as you know. I have six children here, and I can’t leave that quickly. Once there is more safety, we will try to take the children and go back. But yesterday, by around midnight, the young men and most of the people had already reached al-Zahrani, so we will leave later, God willing,” he added.
Amira Ayyash, a woman from Qaaqaiat al-Jisr in the Nabatiyeh province, decided to wait and assess the situation before returning home. “We do not know at what hour they might strike us, for they are treacherous. So we decided to take it slowly,” she said.