Lebanese families return home

October 01, 2006

Returning soldiers padlocked the border gate at Zarit, close to where Iranian-supported Hizbollah fighters seized two soldiers on July 12, triggering the conflict with U.S ally Israel. Israel sent 10,000 troops into south Lebanon before a truce took hold on Aug. 14. A few dozen remained by the weekend and Israel wanted them out before Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, which starts at dusk on Sunday.