{"id":326184,"date":"2026-04-17T16:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326184"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:31:38","slug":"tens-of-thousands-of-displaced-lebanese-return-south-beirut-suburbs-after-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=326184","title":{"rendered":"Tens Of Thousands Of Displaced Lebanese Return South, Beirut Suburbs After Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-17T080129Z_621319038_RC2UQKACBNU3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON-ISRAEL-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326185\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-17T080129Z_621319038_RC2UQKACBNU3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON-ISRAEL-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-17T080129Z_621319038_RC2UQKACBNU3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON-ISRAEL-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-17T080129Z_621319038_RC2UQKACBNU3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON-ISRAEL-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-04-17T080129Z_621319038_RC2UQKACBNU3_RTRMADP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-LEBANON-ISRAEL.jpg 1110w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Displaced people pack up their belongings and prepare to return to their homes after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Beirut, Lebanon, April 17, 2026. REUTERS\/Marko Djurica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BEIRUT, April 17 (NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) &#8212;\u00a0Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese began returning early Friday to southern Lebanon and Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs after a ceasefire with Israel took effect at midnight, Anadolu Ajansi reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was heavy movement of displaced people from areas north of Beirut toward the southern suburbs, with severe traffic congestion on roads leading into the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Significant traffic was also recorded on highways stretching from Beirut and Mount Lebanon toward southern regions, particularly along the coastal road to the cities of Sidon and Tyre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceasefire, announced Thursday by US President Donald Trump, is set to last for 10 days starting at midnight local time (2100GMT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Israel launched an offensive on Lebanon on March 2, killing 2,196 people and injuring 7,185 others, according to official figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The assault has also displaced more than 1 million people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-ANADOLU<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIRUT, April 17 (NNN-Bernama-Anadolu) &#8212;\u00a0Tens of thousands of displaced Lebanese began returning early Friday to southern Lebanon and Beirut\u2019s southern suburbs after a ceasefire with Israel took effect at midnight, Anadolu Ajansi reported. There was heavy movement of displaced people from areas north of Beirut toward the southern suburbs, with severe traffic congestion on roads [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":326185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,375,341],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326184"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326186,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326184\/revisions\/326186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/326185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}