Hizballah and other opposition leaders said they would protest in “civil disobedience” Thursday, though there were reports of gunbattles in the eastern Bekaa Valley. Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah scheduled his first press conference in two years to discuss the opposition Thursday.
Lebanese riot police and army personnel deployed to the capital Beirut to prevent clashes between the opposition and pro-government supporters. A protester with a percussive grenade wounded several Lebanese soldiers and civilians Wednesday and local television reports showed demonstrators with bloody faces.