"Our spirits remain high, even as we return to a land in ruins, to houses and olive groves that no longer stand," says the mayor of the southern lebanese village of Kfar Kila as residents return to destruction and rubble after the Lebanese army deploys to border villages vacated by Israeli troops. Israeli troops withdrew from all but five points in south Lebanon, allowing displaced residents to go back to their homes after more than a year of clashes between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah that included two months of all-out war and halted with a November 27 ceasefire. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES