Hussein, 45, told The Independent that that he and his wife Hiam, 41 packed all their belongings at the shelter that had been staying in in the Hamra neighbourhood of Beirut, and started the normally two-hour journey to the in a area south of he city of Tyre.

A ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed group Hezbollah came into effect at 0200 GMT on Wednesday after U.S. President Joe Biden said both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the United States and France.

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck central Beirut and the city’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, raising smoke over the Lebanese capital ahead of a planned vote by Israel’s leadership on whether to accept a U.S.-brokered ceasefire aimed at ending more than a year of fighting with Hezbollah militants.