"We are just displaced and we have to go back" : Lebanese return to southern villages

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"We are just displaced and we have to go back" : Lebanese return to southern villages Middle East

Issued on: 18/04/2026 - 10:50

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Despite warnings from authorities about the fragility of the ceasefire with Israel, thousands of people are returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as FRANCE 24's Cyril Payen reports from Beirut. Most do not see themselves as refugees, but rather as internally displaced people in their own country, where conflict has raged for years.

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