In Beirut, the ceasefire was celebrated all night long. Shots were fired into the air to welcome the ten-day pause in fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, AFP reports.
"They're indescribable: pride and victory," 37-year-old Amani Atrash told the news agency.
On Friday, a steady stream of people are returning to the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, areas where Iran-backed Hezbollah has a strong foothold and which have been heavily bombed by Israel.
Thousands who were forced to flee from southern Lebanon are also trying to get home. Traffic queues stretched for several kilometers.
"I don't know if my house is destroyed. If it is, nothing changes - I'll pitch a tent in front of it and stay there," Ghufran Hamzeh, who is waiting with his son at a bridge destroyed in the war, told AFP.
“Violations”
However, the Lebanese military accused Israel of attacks in several places in southern Lebanon during the night. It urged people to be patient.
"Wait to return to the southern villages and towns. This is in light of a number of violations of the agreement," the military wrote on X.
Hezbollah warned Israel.
"The fighters will keep their finger on the trigger because they are on guard against the enemy's treachery," the movement said in a statement, according to AFP.
Israeli forces remain in southern Lebanon, where they have established a "security zone" along the border with Israel.
One million on the run
The 10-day ceasefire was announced by Donald Trump on Thursday. According to the US president, the Lebanese government, which is not directly involved in the war, and Israel will now negotiate a lasting peace.
"I hope Hezbollah behaves during this very important period. It will be a big moment for them if they do," he wrote on Truth Social on Friday night.
The ceasefire was part of the peace negotiations between the United States and Iran, which had demanded that Israel's attacks on Lebanon also cease.
At least 2,100 people have been killed in Lebanon since the outbreak of the war. Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2, in retaliation for the war launched by Israel and the United States against Iran. Since then, over a million Lebanese have been forced to flee their homes.
