At least six people were killed and many more injured Thursday during a protest in Beirut by the militant group Hezbollah and its allies against the lead judge probing last year’s massive blast in the city’s port, according to the National News Agency.
The exchanges of fire involving snipers, pistols, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades were a dangerous escalation of tensions over the domestic probe.
It was not immediately clear what triggered the gunfire, but tensions were high along a former civil war front-line between Muslim Shiite and Christian areas.
Pray for Lebanon! The Iran-backed terrorist group Hezbollah is pushing the Lebanese into a civil war!
It’s long overdue to #DisarmHezbollah and #GiveIranTheBoot now!pic.twitter.com/c0pAciQSOX
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) October 14, 2021
Hezbollah “patrolling” pic.twitter.com/rTfJPPHSuO
— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) October 14, 2021
