As tens of thousands of Lebanese head back home following the ceasefire announcement, many are finding their towns and villages have been devastated by the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
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00:00We were in Beirut, but if they give me a prison in Beirut, I won't leave my home.
00:27They gave me a prison in Beirut, but the house is not inhabited.
00:34But we are happy because we came to our homes.
00:37And thank God, we are in good health.
00:44No, no, no, we won't go. We are sitting here and sleeping here.
00:46I want to clean up, and I want to go home.
00:49I won't go to the window, maybe put some nylon or something.
00:54I don't have a place to live.
00:56My children are here, and their schools are here.
00:59And thank God, we are here. We won't go to the airport.
01:02We felt like our souls returned.
01:23We didn't expect to find ourselves like this.
01:33We expected to find everything as it was.
01:36And go back to our homes and see all our loved ones.
01:41But we lost a lot of people.
01:43And a lot of people we love are gone.
01:45And a lot of people we love lost their homes.
01:48But thank God for everything.
01:54Going back? This is the hardest thing.
01:58To see the scenes I see now.
02:01And I don't know if we will get used to it without the people we were so close to.
02:06This is my home.
02:22What does my home have to do with my home?
02:25Do you see this scene?
02:28It makes my heart cry.
02:31If someone doesn't have a home, they can come to me.
02:36We are all one.
02:38This is how it should be.