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“Let the whole world see. Hezbollah is firing from near homes so that it [Israel] hits us,” a Druze villager said on a video posted to social media. The furious response by the villagers indicates that Hezbollah can expect no cooperation from Lebanese Druze in any future attempt to use them as human shields. Such tensions also represent simmering sectarian fault lines in Lebanon, which are becoming more acute as the country continues to experience massive economic and political crises.

“Let the whole world see. Hezbollah is firing from near homes so that it [Israel] hits us,” a Druze villager said on a video posted to social media. The furious response by the villagers indicates that Hezbollah can expect no cooperation from Lebanese Druze in any future attempt to use them as human shields. Such tensions also represent simmering sectarian fault lines in Lebanon, which are becoming more acute as the country continues to experience massive economic and political crises.

“The dogs of Hezbollah are firing from the center of the Druze heartland,” a villager said in the video.</i></ref> near Druze houses, in a rare courageous act against the terror group that has its grip on [[Lebanon]] via terror, Druze villagers from the southern Lebanese Druze village of Chouya, on August 6, 2021, fought the Hezbollah<ref name=toi/><ref name=jns/> for firing from near their houses in order to fraw fire from Israeli defenders. (As always) Using the population as [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]].<ref name=toi/><ref name=tarif/><ref>[https://hamodia.com/2021/08/08/lebanese-druze-detain-hezbollah-terrorists-fired-rockets-israel/ Lebanese Druze Detain Hezbollah Terrorists Who Fired Rockets at Israel] Yoni Weiss, Hamodia, August 8, 2021.<i> 

“The dogs of Hezbollah are firing from the center of the Druze heartland,” a villager said in the video.</i></ref> near Druze houses, in a rare courageous act against the terror group that has its grip on [[Lebanon]] via terror, Druze villagers from the southern Lebanese Druze village of Chouya, on August 6, 2021, fought the Hezbollah<ref name=toi/><ref name=jns/> for firing from near their houses in order to fraw fire from Israeli defenders, using the population as [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]].<ref name=toi/><ref name=tarif/><ref>[https://hamodia.com/2021/08/08/lebanese-druze-detain-hezbollah-terrorists-fired-rockets-israel/ Lebanese Druze Detain Hezbollah Terrorists Who Fired Rockets at Israel] Yoni Weiss, Hamodia, August 8, 2021.<i> 

Locals accused Hezbollah of launching rockets at Israel from their village and endangering their lives by firing at Israel from civilian areas.</i></ref> Noted as a dramatic act.

Locals accused Hezbollah of launching rockets at Israel from their village and endangering their lives by firing at Israel from civilian areas.</i></ref> Noted as a dramatic act.

<ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3452884 Former Druze battalion commander: "Druze attempts in Lebanon to stop Hezbollah are dramatic]" Walla! News, August 8,  2021.

<ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3452884 Former Druze battalion commander: "Druze attempts in Lebanon to stop Hezbollah are dramatic]" Walla! News, August 8,  2021.