Outside her gutted home in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh, Zainab Farran, who recently lost two members of her family in Israeli strikes, keeps her clothes packed in a car in case the temporary truce between Hezbollah and Israel does not last.
She returned to the city with her family as soon as the 10-day ceasefire agreed between Lebanon and Israel, which included the Lebanese militant group, went into force on Friday, only to find their home in ruins from Israeli bombardment.
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