Leaders urge for restraint as 10-day Israel-Lebanon ceasefire takes effect

Displaced residents travel through the Qasmieh area as they gesture on the way back to their homes in the southern Lebanon, on April 17, 2026. A 10-day ceasefire deal struck between Lebanon and Israel took effect on April 17, sending displaced residents streaming south towards their homes, even as the Lebanese army warned of "a number of violations" in the area.

Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by fighting in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.

(Image credit: IBRAHIM AMRO)