Supporters Take to the Streets as Hundreds Rally in South Beirut for Iran
BEIRUT — Hundreds of people gathered on Wednesday evening in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, to show support for Iran and its regional allies amid the ongoing Middle East war.
The rally took place despite daily Israeli strikes on south and east Lebanon, and occasional attacks on the suburbs known locally as Dahiyeh — most recently on Sunday. AFP correspondents reported that many women and children were among the crowd, waving Hezbollah and Iranian flags. Some held portraits of Iran’s current supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and his father Ali Khamenei, who was killed in US‑Israeli strikes on February 28. Others carried images of former Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, killed in Israeli strikes in September 2024.
“We are here in Dahiyeh in solidarity with the resistance, to send a message that we are steadfast,” said Samar Hammoud, 54. “Their planes don’t frighten us, their weapons don’t frighten us. We will stay and struggle and we will be victorious, God willing.”
Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthi rebels, and Hamas are part of an Iran‑backed “axis of resistance” opposed to Israel and the United States. Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the wider war on March 2 with rocket fire at Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader. Tehran insists any ceasefire must include Lebanon.
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