Lebanon: Protesters scale southern border wall to show solidarity with Palestinians

A number of Lebanese protesters in southern Lebanon have tried to scale the border wall with Israel in Adaisseh to voice their opposition to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza, according to Middle East Eye correspondent in Lebanon Kareem Chehayeb.

Lebanon man scaling Israel border wall — Lebanese man scaling the wall with Israel in the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh on 15 May, 2021 (MEE/Kareem Chehayeb)

Hundreds of protesters, marching and driving their cars, waved Palestinian, Lebanese and Hezbollah flags and chanted against the Israeli air strikes on Gaza and the crackdown on Palestinian citizens of Israel. Many chanted "Palestine will survive" and condemning the Israeli occupation.

We’re on our way to #Lebanon’s southern border where solidarity protests for #Gaza and #SheikhJarrah are taking place.

Dozens buses like these are on their way. Some people are even hitch-hiking. @FirasHaidar pic.twitter.com/doJG8ClRDI
— Kareem Chehayeb | كريم شهيب (@chehayebk) May 15, 2021

Lebanese soldiers and troops from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) surrounded the protesters to make sure they did not march to the borders.

Some protesters hit the wall or threw rocks and molotov cocktails at it in a symbolic protest, but the Lebanese army later stopped them.