More than a million Lebanese residents have found themselves without a place to call home since the war reignited in early March.

Many fled the South after the Israeli military invaded in an effort to prevent Hezbollah from firing rockets into northern Israel.

Now, with a shaky, temporary ceasefire in place, people are trying to return home if there's a home to return to.

NPR's Kat Lonsdorf was among them, traveling down south as far as she could go, all the way to the

Israeli occupied zone. We're here way on top of the village, and you can see across the valley to

another hill.

And on top of that hill,

flapping in the breeze,

is an Israeli flag.

Consider this.

The future of southern Lebanon is uncertain.

Our correspondent traveled there to see what it means for the people who call it home.

From NPR, I'm Juana Summers.

It's consider this from NPR.

In Washington on Thursday, Israel and Lebanon are holding their second round of direct ambassador-level peace talks at the White House.

In the country itself, civilians are trying to rebuild their lives after weeks of bombings and destruction.

NPR's Kat Lonsdorf picks up the story from here.

The Cosmia Bridge was once a two-lane

bridge over the river, one of several crossings to the south. When we visit, half the bridge is crumpled

into itself, as an excavator caused through giant chunks of debris. Israel struck this bridge in the

final hours before the temporary ceasefire was announced.

It was the last intact crossing to the south.

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