Displaced families head back to southern Lebanon after ceasefire with Israel

A displaced child holds a picture of Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem (Bilal Hussein/AP)

A fragile calm has settled over parts of Lebanon as a 10-day ceasefire brokered by the United States took hold between Israel and Hezbollah.

Thousands of displaced families have begun the journey home — even as uncertainty, destruction and Israeli warnings against going back to parts of southern Lebanon clouded their return.