Refugees back in ruins...Israel, Hezbollah Continue Fighting

[Anchor]
Sporadic attacks have also continued amid an uneasy truce between Israel and Lebanon's pro-Iranian militant Hezbollah.

Lebanese refugees who fled the war are returning home one by one, but all that is waiting is the ruins.

Reporter Lee Kyung-ah reports.

[Reporter]
A car full of housekeeping crosses the border into Lebanon.

Thousands of the 1.2 million refugees who had to leave to live have returned to a temporary ceasefire.

But the streets you were used to have no trace of.

All the village temples and friendly houses that were more than a hundred years old collapsed disastrously.

[OMAR BAKHIT / Nabatyeh, Lebanon] I came home today and what I found is like what you're looking at. Everything was destroyed. It's all collapsed. The house, the goods, everything.]

Hezbollah chief Naim Qasem, who appeared for the first time since the ceasefire, claimed victory over Israel.

He stressed that he would not stop supporting the Palestinians.

[Naim Qasem / Head of Hezbollah] Our support for the Palestinians will not stop, and it will take many forms. We think of Palestine and Jerusalem as the lighthouses of freedom and liberation.

Israeli forces have launched airstrikes again in southern Lebanon, saying movements were spotted by Hezbollah's mobile rocket launchers.

He then sent a strong warning to Hezbollah, saying it was ready to return to battle at any time.

[MG ORIGODIN / Israel'S NORTHERN COMMANDER] If Hezbollah makes mistakes, it will be a big one.We are ready to return to attack and return to combat.

Israel and Hezbollah are at odds with each other, claiming the other violated the agreement.

In front of the residents, who have returned amid an uneasy truce that may be broken at any time, are waiting hard day by day to revive their ruined homes.

I'm YTN Lee Kyungah.