Protesters block roads, rocket shot at gas station as Lebanon crisis continues
Lebanon is experiencing severe fuel, medicine and water shortages and politicians are still unable to form a new government.
Protesters blocked several roads and a rocket was fired at a gas station Wednesday as public anger continues to rise in Lebanon over the debilitating economic crisis.
Local residents cut off a road in the coastal city of Sidon in protest against worsening fuel shortages. Protesters in nearby Zahrani also blocked a street to a gas station that refused to sell fuel. Demonstrators also forced road closures in Tripoli and Beddawi in the north, the official National News Agency reported.
On Monday, unknown perpetrators fired a rocket and gunshots at a gas station in a Beirut suburb.
Lebanon’s economic and political crisis is worsening. Customers spend hours at gas stations to perhaps only partially fill up their vehicles' tanks due to a fuel shortage, which is the source of much public anger. The Lebanese pound has lost more than 90% of its value since 2019. Capital controls mean many Lebanese cannot withdraw their savings from banks. Electricity is only on for a few hours a day, and there are also bread, medicine and public water shortages.
