{"id":7577,"date":"2026-06-29T16:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/lebanons-displaced-begin-to-return-home-but-some-have-nowhere-to-go\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:35:16","slug":"lebanons-displaced-begin-to-return-home-but-some-have-nowhere-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/lebanons-displaced-begin-to-return-home-but-some-have-nowhere-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon\u2019s displaced begin to return home, but some have nowhere to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p><strong>Beirut, Lebanon \u2013<\/strong> There are only a few dozen blue tents remaining near Beirut\u2019s waterfront, a far cry from the hundreds that have sheltered Lebanon\u2019s displaced in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement to end the war between the United States and Iran \u2013 which ostensibly includes an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/21\/why-lebanon-may-make-or-break-the-iran-us-deal\">end to Israel\u2019s strikes on Lebanon<\/a> \u2013 has encouraged thousands of Lebanese to start returning to their homes in areas, primarily in the south of the country, that bore the brunt of the attacks.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/iran-slams-the-gcc-and-the-us-for-interventionist-statement-what-we-know\">Iran slams the GCC and the US for \u2018interventionist\u2019 statement: What we know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/us-strikes-iran-in-response-to-drone-strike-on-commercial-ship\">US strikes Iran in response to drone strike on commercial ship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/us-announces-framework-agreement-between-israel-and-lebanon\">US announces framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>As the midday sun beat down on a car park where a few tents still stood, a mother from Nabi Chit, a village in eastern Lebanon\u2019s Bekaa Valley, walked towards a neighbour\u2019s tent so she could fill up a bottle of water.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/7\/hezbollah-israeli-troops-clash-on-the-ground-in-eastern-lebanons-bekaa\">battle in March between Israeli troops<\/a>\u00a0and local residents killed more than 40 people in Nabi Chit. The woman, who asked that her name be withheld, and her daughter first fled their home for Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs, known as Dahiyeh. Then they moved to Beirut\u2019s waterfront, directly facing a luxury shopping area, about a month ago.<\/p>\n<p>She said that a lot of people had left the camp in recent days. Those who stayed \u2013 like her \u2013 mostly have nowhere to go. Her home was destroyed and she didn\u2019t want to be a burden to others by staying in their houses.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"left-behind\">Left behind<\/h2>\n<p>Israel\u2019s second military intensification in Lebanon in under two years began on March 2, just hours after Hezbollah fired six rockets at Israel. Hezbollah was responding to months of unanswered Israeli aggression and more than 10,000 violations of the 2024 ceasefire, as well as the assassination of Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, just two days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Since March 2, Israel has killed at least 4,247 people and wounded more than 12,000. It has also invaded Lebanon, razing villages and displacing more than 1.2 million people, some multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>People were forced to find refuge wherever they could, including schools that the Lebanese government turned into makeshift shelters and the Beirut Sports City Stadium, on the southern periphery of Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>But since the signing of the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States on June 17 \u2013 and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/features\/2026\/6\/28\/in-lebanon-framework-agreement-signed-with-israel-spurs-protest-criticism\">framework agreement<\/a> signed by Israel and Lebanon on Friday \u2013 many centres for the displaced have emptied as people try to return home, with the expectation that the worst of the violence has stopped.<\/p>\n<p>A few, however, have been left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Ali Saleh, 55, is from Jwaya in southern Lebanon. He fled on March 2 and eventually found his way to the Beirut Sports City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Ali told Al Jazeera that many displaced people had left the stadium to try and return home. But he was forced to stay in Beirut because his house was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Back at Beirut\u2019s waterfront, Rami Mustafa explained that he had been renting a house in Choueifat, in Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs. But he left when the war started and he lost his income, forcing him to come to the waterfront with his wife and three kids.<\/p>\n<p>Rami said he was a security guard and a car mechanic previously. Finding similar jobs won\u2019t be easy \u2013 the war shut down many businesses and forced him to stay in a tent at the waterfront until he can earn enough to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to work for a month or so [to save enough money] before I can go rent a house again,\u201d Rami said.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"closer-to-home\">Closer to home<\/h2>\n<p>Some have decided to leave the areas they\u2019ve been displaced to, even if they can\u2019t get all the way home to their towns and villages in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Hussein, a father from the southern town of Qlaileh, was displaced at a school in Tyre for most of the war. He went to check on his home during a lull in the fighting in April and found it destroyed. He told Al Jazeera that he\u2019d gone to his village to salvage what he could.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli attacks over the last week have been significantly less frequent than before. But they have not completely ceased. On Thursday, Lebanon\u2019s National News Agency reported the killing of three people by an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in the Nabatieh region. In the town of Ain Arab, part of the Marjayoun region, Israeli troops set fire to homes, On Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/26\/hezbollah-demands-israel-leave-lebanon-unconditionally-as-us-talks-extend\">two people were reported to have been killed<\/a> in Nabatieh al-Fawqa, while another person was killed in the same area in an Israeli attack on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Some southerners whose homes were destroyed told Al Jazeera that they plan to return to their hometowns and set up tents there, while others say they will find houses to rent.<\/p>\n<p>But Israel continues to occupy many villages in the military zone it has established behind the so-called \u201cYellow Line\u201d, which extends roughly 10 kilometres into Lebanon. Those villagers are unable to return, even if their homes are still standing.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"return-or-continued-displacement\">Return or continued displacement<\/h2>\n<p>As some villagers return to their homes, the issue of reconstruction still hangs over Lebanon. The Lebanese government has said the return to border villages and reconstruction are key issues in direct negotiations with Israel \u2013 the latest round of talks are this week. There are still no details over when the framework agreement signed by Israel and Lebanon will allow rebuilding work to begin.<\/p>\n<p>After the 2024 ceasefire, thousands of people returned to their homes and spent their savings to rebuild or repair them. Many of them have since had their homes damaged or destroyed again.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon\u2019s Finance Minister, Yassine Jaber, said that while assessments are ongoing, the country had sustained \u201cno less\u201d than $3-4bn in damages since March. That is in addition to the $7bn estimated cost of damage from Israel\u2019s war on Lebanon between October 2023 and November 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Back by Beirut\u2019s waterfront, the woman from Nabi Chit fiddled with the empty water bottle. A few minutes earlier, some in neighbouring tents said a man had come by to tell the displaced that they\u2019d have to leave the area soon.<\/p>\n<p>Others in the waterfront encampment said they weren\u2019t willing to leave their tents.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why they won\u2019t leave, some said they didn\u2019t want to go to overcrowded centres where their children would have to sleep in rooms with people they didn\u2019t know.<\/p>\n<p>The woman said a lot of people would refuse to go. But she did ask about the conditions at the Sports City Stadium and another camp in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/4\/16\/sectarian-fears-increase-as-a-beirut-area-says-no-to-displacement-centre\">Karantina neighbourhood<\/a>, in an eastern suburb of Beirut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get no help here,\u201d she said. For a while, people would come to the waterfront to pass out food and water, but much of that aid has dried up the longer the war has dragged on. Many of the displaced complained that there was nowhere for them to use the bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019d be nice to go to a place with a bathroom,\u201d the woman said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beirut, Lebanon \u2013 There are only a few dozen blue tents remaining near Beirut\u2019s waterfront, a far cry from the hundreds that have sheltered Lebanon\u2019s displaced in recent months. 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