Motorcyclists are queuing at a gas station in Beirut in June 2023. Illustration photo by João Sousa/L’Orient-Le Jour.
BEIRUT -- The municipality of Hasbaya, in southern Lebanon, has issued a decision banning the circulation of two-wheeled vehicles within the locality, for any reason, between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. starting from tomorrow, according to L'Orient Today's regional correspondent, Mountasser Abdallah.
The president of the municipal council, Labib al-Hamra, indicated that municipal police patrols will continue their rounds 24 hours a day to ensure the safety and security of citizens. He stressed that the municipality, in cooperation with the security forces, will strictly enforce measures against anyone violating the decision.
Numerous Israeli drone strikes in southern Lebanon have targeted motorbikes, including after the cease-fire was agreed upon in late November between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hasbaya is not the first village to ban the circulation of two-wheelers. Last February, Beirut governor Marwan Abboud banned their circulation from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the Beirut administrative area, with certain exceptions subject to specific conditions.
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