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In pictures: Returning home

Lebanese families driving home

Lebanese families are continuing to return to their homes, despite Israeli warnings that the region is still unsafe.

An anti-US banner across a destroyed building in Lebanon

Many people have returned to find their homes and shops reduced to rubble. At this site it is clear who some locals think is ultimately to blame.

A Lebanese woman waves the Hezbollah flag

Some Lebanese have been flying the Hezbollah flag from their cars and making victory signs as they journey home.

A woman cries after arriving back

But the scale of the destruction has simply left others in tears.

Resident inspecting damage to a house in Kiryat Shmona

In Kiryat Shmona and other rocket-hit towns of northern Israel, residents have been returning home too.

Israeli soldiers holding Hezbollah flag

Israeli troops have been crossing back over the border, some clutching souvenirs from the battlefield.

Israeli soldiers are given red roses on their return from the Israel-Lebanon border

These returning soldiers were handed red roses by civilians as they arrived home.






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