The Lebanese army fired tear gas and shots in the air to disperse demonstrators from the pro-Iranian Shiite group Hezbollah in Beirut.

The Lebanese army fired tear gas on Saturday at Hezbollah supporters protesting around Beirut airport against Lebanon blocking an Iranian flight to Beirut this week after the Israeli military accused Tehran of using civilian aircraft to smuggle cash to Beirut to arm the Lebanese group.

Lebanon blocked an Iranian airliner from flying into Beirut Thursday after Israel accused Iran a day earlier of using civilian flights to deliver cash to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah. The chief executive of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport,

The outgoing deputy force commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon was injured on Friday after a convoy taking peacekeepers to Beirut airport was "violently attacked", UNIFIL said. The mission demanded a full and immediate investigation by Lebanese authorities and for all perpetrators to be brought to justice,

Protestors claimed their goal was to secure the return of citizens stranded in Iran and block external influences on the Lebanese government.

A UN peacekeeping convoy was attacked in Beirut, leaving a senior official injured. The incident, linked to ongoing Hezbollah-led protests over flight restrictions, has prompted an emergency meeting of Lebanese authorities.