Thousands of families displaced by the conflict are travelling home hours after an Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect.

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah appeared to be holding on Wednesday, as residents in cars heaped with belongings streamed back toward southern Lebanon despite warnings from the Israeli and Lebanese military that they stay away.

Israeli armed forces killed several Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, despite a ceasefire coming into force between the two sides earlier that day, according to Israeli military spokesman Daniel Hagari.