What Home(s)?

I really hope these people have homes to return to.

Lebanese civilians defied an Israeli travel ban and streamed back to their homes in war-ravaged areas Monday after a U.N. cease-fire halted fighting in the monthlong conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that has claimed more than 900 lives. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he took sole responsibility for the offensive.

In a statement to parliament, Olmert said the cease-fire agreement eliminated the "state within a state" run by Hezbollah and restored Lebanon's sovereignty in the south.

He promised to do everything he could to win the return of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid July 12, the even that triggered the monthlong war.

Olmert also sent condolences to those killed in the violence.

Israeli forces fired on two Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon, hours after the guns fell silent, highlighting the tensions that could unravel the peace plan.

For the first time in a month, no Hezbollah rockets were fired into northern Israel; still, the Israeli government advised residents who left the area to wait before returning home.