Hezbollah clashes with Rmeish residents over rocket launcher
A clash erupted Tuesday between residents from the southern border town of Rmeish and a group belonging to Hezbollah that was readying to set up a multiple rocket launcher (MRL) within the town’s boundaries, residents said.
According to the residents, a verbal clash broke out between young men from the municipality and a Hezbollah group after which the latter fired two shots in the air.
“The young men then rang the church bell as the Hezbollah group withdrew from the area, amid tensions and gathering by young men in the town,” the reports said.
Kataeb Party chief Sami Gemayel meanwhile commented on the incident by saying: “Full solidarity with our people in Rmeish.”
Hezbollah had activated Lebanon’s southern front with Israel on October 8 in solidarity with the Palestinians and the Hamas Movement following the latter’s unprecedented attack on southern Israel and the brutal war that ensued.
There have been near-daily clashes between Hezbollah and Israel ever since, resulting in the death of at least 326 people in Lebanon, most of them Hezbollah fighters but also 57 civilians.
Tens of thousands of people have also been displaced by the violence in Lebanon's south and Israel's north.
Source: Naharnet
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