Hezbollah supporters take to streets of Beirut to protest Israel deal
Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut late Friday to protest an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, as a lawmaker from the Iran-backed group warned enforcing the deal risked sparking civil war.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that "Hezbollah supporters rode motorbikes through the streets of Beirut" including central areas and along a road leading to the airport "in protest at the framework agreement announced between Lebanon and Israel".
An AFP correspondent saw people riding motorbikes and chanting slogans along one road, as well as Lebanese Army temporary checkpoints set up along several streets of the capital.
Lebanese "authorities will be unable to impose the implementation of the agreement signed in Washington unless they go, with American support, to civil war," said Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah, whose party has long rejected the direct Israel-Lebanon talks.
He added that "what happened in Washington is an attempt to disrupt the Islamabad path, and without the resistance (Hezbollah) nothing will pass," referring to the initial agreement between the U.S. and Iran on halting the Middle East war, which includes Lebanon.
Footage circulating on local outlets and social media showed hundreds of Hezbollah supporters on motorbikes and mopeds roaming Beirut's southern suburbs, the group's stronghold, before they headed to the heart of the capital.
Some had gathered near the seat of the government and blocked a main road nearby, while other footage showed soldiers chasing away Hezbollah supporters who blocked the main road leading to the airport with burning tires, before the army reopened it.
The NNA had said protesters blocked at least one major road with burning tires.
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No Lebanese will die for IsraHELL ya 7mar. More likely civil war in IsraHell concerning the military draft…lol
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If the LAF try to enforce anything. Half will join the resistance and the other half will run home with their toy weapons.
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You wish, but those days are over too!!
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Enough is enough...If Iran wants to help Lebanon then give the government money to rebuild 70 towns same as you gave the Shia weapons. So take the weapons back to Iran and give us $. Unfortunately those 4K dead are history for Gaza support, a war launched by Iran from Lebanon not from 75% of the lebanese voters.
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Go back to the south and wait for Israel to take good care of you and get you your 72 virgins!!
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Hey non Lebanese ignorant thug. Shiites don’t believe in 72 Virgins stereotype. Stupid propaganda. You need to be reeducated by Hasbara. ISIS do who anti terrorism secretary for Trump Joseph Kent admitted that America created ISIS to overthrow the Syrian government for IsraHELL and ISRAHELL supported ISIS.
We are ready for the civil war ya shramit. Hope Israel assassinate Kassem el kelb.