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Through your camera Manuel Ortiz Escames, Mexican journalist currently in Lebanon arrested Aristegui News, in collaboration with Global Exchange, Social Focus and Mundo Abierto, the first moments of high Firefight between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah which remains in force this Wednesday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and France.

The Lebanese Army, which is responsible for enforcing the ceasefire, said that was preparing to deploy to the south of the country, a region heavily bombed by Israel in its fight against the Iran-backed militant group, as well as eastern cities and towns and Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut’s southern suburbs.

In Lebanon, some cars waved national flags, others honked, and a woman could be seen making a victory sign with her fingers as people began return to the houses from which they fled. It is likely that many of the villages they returned to were destroyed.

Hussam Arrouth, a father of four children displaced from Beirut’s southern suburbs but originally from the border town of Mays al-Jabal, said he was looking forward to returning to his ancestral home.

“The Israelis have not completely withdrawn, they are still on edge. So we decided to wait until the army announced that we could enter. Then we will immediately start the cars and go to the village,” he said.

The agreement, which promises to end a border conflict that has killed thousands of people since the Gaza war began last year, is likely to allow Israel to also end the conflict with Hamas.

“Force must give way to dialogue and negotiation. “This has already been achieved in Lebanon and it must happen as soon as possible in the Gaza Strip,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrault said on radio. Information about France.

The army asked residents of border villages delay your return home until the Israeli army, which has fought several wars against Hezbollah and has penetrated some six kilometers into Lebanese territory, withdraws.

Israel said it detected Hezbollah fighters returning to areas near the border and opened fire to prevent them from approaching. There was no indication that the incident would undermine the ceasefire.

Lebanese Interim Prime Minister Najib Mikati calls on Israel takes full responsibility and “resigns from all regions and positions that he held”, hours after the truce came into effect.

Cars and vans full of mattresses, suitcases and even furniture drove through the port city of Tyre, which was heavily bombed in the final days before the ceasefire, heading south. The fighting has intensified over the past two months. forcing hundreds of thousands of Lebanese to flee their homes.

Israel said its military goal was to ensure the safe return of some 60,000 Israelis who fled their communities along the northern border when Hezbollah began firing rockets at them in support of Hamas.

(according to information from Reuters) (Photo: Manuel Ortiz Escames, Mexican journalist. For Aristegui Newsin collaboration with Global Exchange / Social Focus / Open World)