The Government of Lebanon says two people were hurt when Israeli troops fired after the truce with Hezbollah

Security near the Gaza Blue Line after the U.S.–France Breakred ‘Tuesday’ War between Israel and the United Nations

Scott Neuman was in Tel Aviv. The contributors from Tel Aviv and Beirut were Daniel Estrin and Lauren Frayer.

This peace is going to have to be ensured by urgent work. The agency said that displaced children and families should be able to return to their communities safely.

The UN said it hopes the agreement will bring an end to the war which has killed more than 220 children, injured around 1,400 and upended the lives of countless others.

Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.

Many people in Lebanon may not be able to return to their homes after Israel demolished entire villages near the ‘Blue Line’ border. The Blue Line is the demarcation in southern Lebanon from where Israel withdrew in 2000.

After the U.S.- and-France brokered deal was announced in Paris, Iran — which has long been the primary backer of both Hezbollah and Hamas militants in Gaza — said it welcomed the news to end “aggression against Lebanon.” Tehran supports the government, nation and resistance in Lebanon, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.

The conflict began with an Israeli attack and grew worse before ending in all-out war at the end of September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.

In a joint statement, President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron said the deal “will cease the fighting in Lebanon, and secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations operating from Lebanon.” They said it “will create the conditions to restore lasting calm and allow residents in both countries to return safely to their homes” along the border.

To ensure security in the area, the deal calls for thousands of Lebanese government soldiers to deploy to the south, along with U.N. peacekeeping forces known as UNIFIL, according to a copy of the deal seen by NPR. A U.S.-led international panel will monitor for violations of the terms of the agreement.

Egypt hopes the truce will contribute to the de-escalation phase in the area, according to their Foreign Ministry. It called for Israel to allow “full access to humanitarian aid without obstacles in light of the catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the [Gaza] Strip, in addition to stopping the unjustified violations in the West Bank.”

He says the intention is that if Israel does not get satisfaction, they will take action on their own.

“This is all going to be about the enforcement,” says Shalom Lipner, a Jerusalem-based Middle East expert at the Atlantic Council. There will not be any exceptions, that’s what they’re telegraphing.

In addition, the agreement calls for Lebanese government authorities to prevent Hezbollah or any other armed group from carrying out attacks on Israel. It requires that Lebanon’s military and security forces be the only armed groups allowed to operate in southern Lebanon, and that the government of Lebanon doesn’t allow non-state armed groups to re-enter the country.

Israeli officials said forces would be slowly withdrawn to make sure the agreement is being complied with. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.

There is a good deal that had to come because of international pressure. And we have somewhere to return to,” he said. Alluding to the devastation that Israel has inflicted on southern Lebanon, he added: “The Lebanese have nowhere to return to.”

After a Hamas attack on Israel in October of 1943, Hezbollah began to fire rockets into northern Israel. Hezbollah and Israel exchanged fire. The fighting — which intensified eight weeks ago, when Israel initiated a ground invasion of southern Lebanon aimed at eliminating Hezbollah fighters and weapons capabilities from the border region — has killed more than 3,700 people in Lebanon, according to Lebanese health officials, and around 80 people in northern Israel, according to Israeli officials.

For now, Israel is discouraging its residents from returning to their abandoned homes in the border area. Israel’s Minister of Education told Israel Army Radio there will be a 30- to 60-day period of renovations before Israeli residents can return.

In southern Lebanon, Patricia Taleb, 24, was driving Wednesday to reach the home she was forced to abandon earlier. “We know that this is the end days of the war. She toldNPR that they know that it’s going to be okay.

Many people in Lebanon are trying to go back to their homes despite being warned against it by the Israeli military.

Israel has fulfilled its military objectives, primarily eliminating Hezbollah infrastructure, says Randa Slim, director of the Conflict Resolution and Track II Dialogues Program at the Middle East Institute. Slim says that it’s pretty much destroyed on the border. They wiped out their military command council, as well as their political leadership. So these are severe blows to Hezbollah, which is going to take a long, long time to recover from.”

The sound of gunfire rang out in the capital of Lebanon, to mark the start of the cessation of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.

State media said at least two people were wounded by Israeli fire in southern Lebanon. The Israeli military said that on the second day of a ceasefire with Hezbollah, it had shot at people trying to return to certain areas.

An Associated Press reporter in Israel heard Israeli drones hovering over and the sound of bombardments from the Lebanon side.

Some of the homes in Menara, on the border with Lebanon, have collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few people could be seen gathering their belongings before they left on Thursday.