Leaders Urge Restraint as Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Begins
Following the implementation of a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Hezbollah acknowledged the truce. However, the group did not confirm if it would adhere to the terms and advised displaced persons not to return home.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home. <img alt="Displaced residents travel through the Qasmieh area as they gesture on the way back to their homes in the southern Lebanon, on April 17, 2026. A 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel took effect on April 17, sending displaced residents streaming south towards their homes,...