Beirut – “Politics”
On the Day of Rage, in rejection of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, protesters tried to storm the US Embassy in Awkar and cross its security fence yesterday, and the security forces removed them, after which confrontations began between the demonstrators and security personnel in the vicinity of the embassy, and an additional number of demonstrators joined the borders of the barbed wire fence. The security forces threw smoke bombs to try to disperse the demonstrators in front of the embassy and prevent them from entering it after they succeeded in removing the iron gate. The protesters threw stones at the security forces, which prompted the security forces to spray water and tear gas on them.
In a related context, the Lebanese army intensified its presence in front of the American embassy in Awkar, and the security forces added a lot of barbed wire to the iron gate, in conjunction with calls to demonstrate in front of the embassy, and many cases of suffocation were recorded among the demonstrators, as a result of the security forces throwing large numbers of tear gas bombs. To tears in the vicinity of the embassy.
In the south, Hezbollah’s military media published a video clip showing the resistance targeting a gathering of Israeli army soldiers at the Ramya site on the Lebanese-Palestinian border with guided missiles, causing a number of confirmed casualties, including one dead and one wounded.
2023-10-18 17:06:02
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