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Vehicles head towards southern Lebanon after start of ceasefire: Report
Vehicles drive towards southern Lebanon after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect early on Wednesday morning
The Reuters news agency has reported that streams of cars carrying people displaced from southern Lebanon by Israeli air strikes have begun to travel south after the start of the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Reporters with the news agency saw dozens of cars leaving the port city of Sidon, located south of Beirut, at about 4am local time (02:00 GMT) on Wednesday and heading deeper into southern Lebanon.
Shortly after the ceasefire took effect, Israel’s military warned displaced residents of southern Lebanon not to return to their homes. In a post on social media, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee warned that people are “prohibited from heading towards the villages that the [Israel’s military] has ordered to be evacuated”, or moving towards areas where Israeli soldiers are deployed.
The spokesman said only that Lebanese people will be told when it is “safe to return home”. “For your safety and the safety of your family members, refrain from moving to the area,” he said.
A vehicle transporting mattresses in Damour drives along a highway towards Lebanon’s south
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire, celebrations in Lebanon
US President Joe Biden has announced that the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire to end their months of fighting.
Biden said the deal was designed to be what he called a “permanent cessation of hostilities” between the two sides who have fought for more than a year in southern Lebanon and northern Israel.
A man smiles as he buys bread in Sidon, Lebanon, before heading back to the country’s south
Scenes of celebration, defiance as ceasefire takes hold in Lebanon
Men gesture while holding Hezbollah flags, at the entrance of Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday morning
People wave Lebanese and Amal Movement flags in Tyre, southern Lebanon
