‘I Just Want to Be Back’: Thousands Rush South in Lebanon Under Cease-Fire ^59.5%

The New York Times - By Christina Goldbaum, Hwaida Saad, David Guttenfelder - 4/17/2026, 11:46 AM

Negativity Bias 15.6% - Pessimism Bias 11.3% - Loss Aversion 9.4%

‘I Just Want to Be Back’: Thousands Rush South in Lebanon Under Cease-Fire Stuck in standstill traffic, Lebanese people who had been displaced by fighting expressed a mix of excitement and uncertainty about a pause in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah. Thousands of displaced people crammed roads in Lebanon on Friday as they tried to... more