At the same time, many Lebanese lack a home to return to. Around 500,000 people are still displaced, according to statistics compiled by local authorities together with the UN.
When the war between the US and Iran broke out at the end of February this year, Lebanon was soon drawn into the war - after the Shiite militia Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in revenge for the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Debris and ruins
Israel responded with massive attacks and occupied large areas of land in southern Lebanon. According to local authorities in Lebanon, around 4,300 people were killed in Israeli attacks and over a million were displaced from their homes.
In June, the United States and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to, among other things, end the war in the Middle East.
Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have returned to their homes in southern Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut. But just as many have not been able to return, and many towns in southern Lebanon are empty. All that remains is rubble and ruins.
New attacks
Last week, Israel and Lebanon signed a first framework agreement that will eventually pave the way for peace, a gradual Israeli withdrawal of forces, and the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The framework agreement reached between the parties is described as fragile. On Friday, the Israeli military announced that it had once again struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli troops will remain in a ten-kilometre-deep “security zone” as long as Hezbollah poses a threat, despite the ceasefire.
