After the cancellation of a Mahan Air flight to Lebanon, Hezbollah supporters blocked the roads leading to Beirut airport.
This flight was scheduled to depart from Tehran to Beirut on Thursday, February 13, but Lebanon’s Civil Aviation Authority canceled it.
An official at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International Airport told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that, based on an order from Lebanon’s Ministry of Transport, the airport informed Mahan Air that it could not accommodate two of its flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
Following the news of the flight cancellations, a number of protesters holding Hezbollah flags and pictures of the group’s leaders blocked the roads leading to Beirut airport.
Videos posted online also show protesters burning tires and chanting slogans.
Iranian Plane Inspected in Beirut Airport on Suspicion of Carrying Aid to Hezbollah
A few hours before the news of the Mahan Air flight cancellation, the Israeli military announced that Iran’s Quds Force, a branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was attempting to transfer money to Hezbollah in Lebanon using civilian flights.
Avichay Adraee, the Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli military, wrote on X that the Iranian regime and Hezbollah had made several attempts in recent weeks to transfer money for attacks against Israel, and they estimate that some of these smuggling efforts were successful.
According to Adraee, the Israeli military, which is in contact with the ceasefire monitoring committee, regularly provides the committee with necessary intelligence.
The Israeli military previously warned that Hezbollah is attempting to rebuild itself with financial and military support from Iran.
Hezbollah suffered heavy losses in the recent conflict with Israel, including the deaths of many senior commanders as well as Hassan Nasrallah, the group’s leader.
