We showed Hussein a video of his town that we filmed just months ago.

"This house is now destroyed, that one doesn't exist any more, this row of shops here is now totally flattened," he pointed out.

He has ventured back to his town once - weeks ago when he attended a funeral. He gets updates about his house every once in a while, from the civil defence staff there or from the mayor who has not left the town.

According to the US-based monitoring group Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (Acled), there have been more than 5,400 cross-border attacks between Israel and Hezbollah since October. It says 80% of those were carried out by Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said last month that it had hit over 4,300 "Hezbollah targets". It has also said that as of 2 April, approximately 3,100 rockets had been fired at Israel from Lebanese territory. Israel says nine civilians have been killed by rocket-fire from Lebanon.

Hussein does not expect to be able to move back home any time soon.

"It could be that what we are witnessing is just the beginning of it," he says.

Back on the road with the Italian contingent on Unifil, its commander, Colonel Alberto Salvador, insists that the peacekeeping forces' role is still very important, despite the continuing violence.

"We see many people are tired of the situation on this side of the border and on the other side as well. I think it's time for peace," he says.

"The next challenge for the Unifil is to help and support the local population in returning to their homes."

But as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, the prospect of that happening remains dim.