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Ceasefire with Israel brings respite to Lebanon, but obstacles to peace remain

The halt to weeks of fighting is being celebrated in Lebanon, but it will be difficult to ensure it lasts.

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At the stroke of midnight, gunfire and fireworks celebrated the start of the ceasefire in Beirut. Throughout the morning, smiling crowds gathered along roads leading to Lebanon's south, the heartland of Hezbollah, playing revolutionary music and waving the group's yellow flag as they started their journey back to where they had been forced from by the war.

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