Traffic jams line the route between Beirut and the south after the ceasefire began at 04:00 local time (02:00 GMT).

Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah militants began a ceasefire Wednesday in a major step toward ending nearly 14 months of fighting as a region on edge wondered whether it will hold.

There was celebratory gunfire on the streets of Lebanon's capital of Beirut as a ceasefire between the country's militant group Hezbollah was reached with Israel. But how the newly-brokered deal will hold up and shake out for the wider region remains to be seen.