Lebanon-Ceasefire/Returnees

Lebanese returnees find homes flattened as fighting pauses

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  • ID : 8475506
  • Dateline : April 18, 2026
  • Location : Lebanon
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 2'19
  • Audio Language : Arabic/Nats
  • Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)
  • Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
  • Published : 2026-04-19 17:00
  • Last Modified : 2026-04-19 20:11:07
  • Version : 1
  • ID : 8475506
  • Dateline : 18 abr. 2026
  • Location : Líbano
  • Category : Other
  • Duration : 2'19
  • Audio Language : Árabe/Nats
  • Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
  • Restrictions : No acceso a la parte continental de China
  • Published : 2026-04-19 20:03
  • Last Modified : 2026-04-19 20:11:07
  • Version : 1

Lebanon-Ceasefire/Returnees

Lebanese returnees find homes flattened as fighting pauses

Dateline : April 18, 2026

Location : Lebanon

Duration : 2'19

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Qana, Lebanon - April 18, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of destroyed buildings
2. Various of local residents
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jamal Al Ashqar, resident (ending with shots 4-5):
"I thought I would settle in my home and reopen my bakery, but unfortunately there is no home and no bakery. I am disappointed. I didn't know the situation. I thought it was a small strike next to me, and that my house would be fine. Now there is nothing left in my house. There are no windows. The reception is gone. The bedrooms are gone, too."
4. Various of Jamal in his bakery
5. Destroyed buildings
6. Various of Jamal talking with reporter
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Jamal Al Ashqar, resident (partially overlaid with shot 8/ending with shot 9):
"I will now wait to see if the ceasefire holds. After that, I will see what happens. I can't repair and refurbish, only for something to happen again. That won't work. I lost my savings, and I am in debt now. Over there (in northern Lebanon), the cost of living is high. Inflation is high, fuel is more expensive. There is not much to be done about it. When you get your family used to a certain quality of living, you can't change it, no matter how much you try. When a young child asks for something, you can't say no."
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8. Various of Jamal in his bakery
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9. Debris

Shahabiya, Lebanon - April 18, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of destroyed buildings, local residents
11. Various of local resident Fatma Qassim, her family
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Fatma Qassim, resident (starting with shot 11/partially overlaid with shot 13):
"There are no services, no electricity, no generators, no internet, no water. Nothing gets here. Even vegetables, there aren't any. I went to a kiosk, they didn't have anything. This entire neighborhood is cut off from life. The gallon of water I have, if we finish it, I can't replace it. There are no pharmacies. This child is on medication. My mother needs medication."
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13. Various of destroyed buildings
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14. Various of traffic, destroyed buildings


Thousands of Lebanese have rushed home following the announcement of the ceasefire with Israel, only to find that conditions in their decimated towns are nearly unlivable.

Jamal Al Ashqar used to be a baker. When he returned this week to Qana with his wife and five children, he was dejected to discover that his place of business is now inoperable and his house is virtually destroyed.

"I thought I would settle in my home and reopen my bakery, but unfortunately there is no home and no bakery. I am disappointed. I didn't know the situation. I thought it was a small strike next to me, and that my house would be fine. Now there is nothing left in my house. There are no windows. The reception is gone. The bedrooms are gone, too," he said.

His house and bakery shop are in the same block, right next to a building that was directly hit by bombing. Standing next to the balcony of his apartment, he explained how the strikes have disrupted his plans for the future.

"I will now wait to see if the ceasefire holds. After that, I will see what happens. I can't repair and refurbish, only for something to happen again. That won't work. I lost my savings, and I am in debt now. Over there (in northern Lebanon), the cost of living is high. Inflation is high, fuel is more expensive. There is not much to be done about it. When you get your family used to a certain quality of living, you can't change it, no matter how much you try. When a young child asks for something, you can't say no," he said.

Fatma Qassim lives across the street from another destroyed building in Shahabiya. The windows were blown away.

She takes care of her three children, a sick mother and her sister's family of four. All nine of them are planning to look for some place else to live, probably back at a shelter.

"There are no services, no electricity, no generators, no internet, no water. Nothing gets here. Even vegetables, there aren't any. I went to a kiosk, they didn't have anything. This entire neighborhood is cut off from life. The gallon of water I have, if we finish it, I can't replace it. There are no pharmacies. This child is on medication. My mother needs medication," she said.

A 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect at midnight between Thursday and Friday local time (2100 GMT), following an earlier announcement by U.S. President Donald Trump.

The truce aims to end more than a month of deadly escalation between Israel and Hezbollah, which has claimed over 2,000 lives.

ID : 8475506

Published : 2026-04-19 17:00

Last Modified : 2026-04-19 20:11:07

Source : China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland

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