Hezbollah supporters are blocking the Al-Mashrafiya Bridge area in Beirut's Dahieh neighborhood in renewed protest of the agreement between Lebanon and Israel, according to Abu Ali Express. The protest follows a weekend of unrest during which the Lebanese army dispersed roadblocks and clashes occurred in central Beirut.
Hezbollah supporters are again blocking the Al-Mashrafiya Bridge in the Dahieh neighborhood of southern Beirut on Saturday morning, protesting the framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, according to Abu Ali Express. The bridge blockade is the latest in a weekend-long series of protests that began Friday night, after the outlines of the agreement took shape.
As The Zioneer reported, the protests escalated over Friday and Saturday. On Friday night, Hezbollah supporters blocked roads and burned tires across Beirut and other Lebanese cities; by early Saturday morning, the Lebanese army dispersed many of those blockades, and clashes broke out in central Beirut between protesters and security forces. The Al-Mashrafiya Bridge area — a major artery in Hezbollah's Dahieh stronghold — was previously blocked Friday night and is now blocked again, indicating that the protest movement has not abated despite military dispersal.
The protests stem from opposition to the emerging Lebanon-Israel agreement, which Hezbollah has publicly rejected. A single source (Abu Ali Express) reported the current bridge blockade, and it is not yet independently corroborated. No reports of injuries or casualties at the scene have emerged so far.
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