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What I Saw Crossing Into South Lebanon

Our visual journalist David Guttenfelder traveled with displaced people returning to their homes in southern Lebanon, as a cease-fire paused the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah.
By David Guttenfelder, Coleman Lowndes, Christina Thornell, Sutton Raphael, Joey Sendaydiego and Thomas Vollkommer
April 21, 2026
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