Current sectionMiddle East NewsLebanon News 'We're Back in the Stone Age' Returning Southern Lebanon Residents Find Rubble Where Their Homes Once StoodAlmost a million Lebanese remain displaced over fears of continued fighting between Hezbollah and the Israeli military. Those who have returned found neighborhoods wiped out and homes in ruins. 'It's the beginning of a new struggle,' one saidShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeJack Khoury01:00 PM • June 25 2026 IDTFollowing the official announcement of a cease-fire in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah and the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor its implementation, thousands of displaced Lebanese families packed up their few remaining belongings and began returning to the villages and towns they had fled during months of fighting.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:LebanonIDFHezbollahCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesU.S.-IranTrump-NetanyahuGazaWest BankNew York PrimaryLeo MessiHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Denies Report of Partial Withdrawal From Southern Lebanon 'Buffer Zone'Hundreds Protest in Southern Israel Against Planned Demolition in Bedouin TownReturning Southern Lebanon Residents Find Rubble Where Their Homes Once StoodIsraeli Universities Rise in Global Rank, Palestinian Institution Makes Top ListIsraeli Soldier Killed in Southern Lebanon Operational Accident, IDF SaysRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAs the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. A Clash Is ImminentWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Israel Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for IsraelReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell Trump