Some of the tens of thousands of Israelis displaced by the war with Hezbollah worried whether it was safe to go home.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday expressed his relief over a newly agreed ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant Islamist movement Hezbollah. "Finally" an understanding has been reached,

For many across the Middle East, the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came as a relief: the first major sign of progress in the region since war began more than a year ago