Dozens of Lebanese took to the streets to celebrate the ceasefire with Israel and thousands more have caused traffic jams on the country’s roads since Wednesday morning due to travel to southern Lebanon. Even if Israel has two months to withdraw, the Lebanese want to return to their homes or what is left of them.
After becoming a almost ghost zone During the last two months of the Israeli air offensive, those who were punished Beirut suburb of Dahye They were filled again this Wednesday after the entry into force of a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel. For the Lebanese, it was difficult contain the emotion while everything around them returns to normal after the invasion of the Jewish state.
Sporadic bursts of gunfire in the air, including from assault rifles, echo through the streets to celebrate the end of the bombing in an area dotted with buildings. collapsed, rubble mountains and facades which defy the law of gravity.
In Beirut, Hezbollah supporters brandish militia flags and do not hide their joy. A woman can be seen catching her breath to continue waving and shouting: “Victory of the resistance“!” They hug or shoot into the air to celebrate the ceasefire with Israel as if it were a victory. “May the hands of the fighters be blessed!”
A party that started with fireworks in the evening after the last bombings before the entry into force of the agreement. In Sidon, in central Lebanon, we witness farewells that represent collective happiness before returning home. And hundreds of cars are arriving in the south, besieged by invading troops for 64 days.
Indeed, hundreds of cars accumulated towards Tire and their occupants were greeted with the applause of those who resisted. “People had to abandon their homes, they were destroyed…” they complain because those who arrive find their neighborhoods devastated by violent enemy bombardments.
Similar scenes are being repeated this morning at some roundabouts in Dahye, whose roads are once again full of vehicles. A few They carry mattresses attached to the ceiling, a sign of the return of the displaceds, and others drive around in small caravans, playing music and celebrating cheers.
This is where Israeli troops begin to withdraw. give way to the Lebanese with the aim that Hezbollah does not blow up the truce from its positions near the border. A withdrawal which, if the parties respect the truce, would be completed in 60 days.
