According to AFP, shots were fired into the air for over half an hour to welcome the ten-day ceasefire.
According to the news agency, people were seen returning to the city's southern suburbs, areas where Iran-backed Hezbollah has a stronghold and which have been heavily bombed by Israel. According to Lebanese authorities, about a million people have been forced to flee because of the war.
According to Lebanese state media, attacks on smaller towns in southern Lebanon are still ongoing and Israeli soldiers are still in the country.
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a ceasefire was underway and that Lebanon and Israel would negotiate a lasting peace.
Lebanon's crippled government is not directly involved in the war. Israel is fighting primarily against Hezbollah, which has said it will respect the ceasefire but is not part of the peace talks.
"I hope Hezbollah takes care of itself during this very important period. It will be a big moment for them if they do," Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday night.
