Hezbollah supporters take part in a gathering near the Iranian embassy on July 3, 2025, in Bir Hassan. In the background, an illustration shows Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, killed in Iraq in 2020, kissing on the forehead Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of Hezbollah who was assassinated in September 2024. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L’Orient-Le Jour)
A 24-minute report on Hezbollah, aired last Saturday by Israeli Channel 12 and filmed mainly in Beirut, is titled "Hezbollah, the day after in Lebanon." The program features several Lebanese denouncing the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel. The channel claims to have filmed inside Beirut’s southern suburbs, the stronghold of the Shiite party, where filming is usually difficult without being noticed.Upon watching the video, L’Orient-Le Jour identified the Hamra and Basta neighborhoods, both located in West Beirut rather than the southern suburbs, as well as the downtown area. It was unclear whether any other footage was actually filmed within the southern suburbs. Israeli Arabic-speaking journalist Ohad Hamo, who presents the report, does not appear in the footage shot in Beirut, but is seen filming at the Lebanese-Israeli...
A 24-minute report on Hezbollah, aired last Saturday by Israeli Channel 12 and filmed mainly in Beirut, is titled "Hezbollah, the day after in Lebanon." The program features several Lebanese denouncing the recent war between Hezbollah and Israel. The channel claims to have filmed inside Beirut’s southern suburbs, the stronghold of the Shiite party, where filming is usually difficult without being noticed.Upon watching the video, L’Orient-Le Jour identified the Hamra and Basta neighborhoods, both located in West Beirut rather than the southern suburbs, as well as the downtown area. It was unclear whether any other footage was actually filmed within the southern suburbs. Israeli Arabic-speaking journalist Ohad Hamo, who presents the report, does not appear in the footage shot in Beirut, but is seen filming at the...
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