There were always Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon.
The uproar was specifically caused by the fact that Ain al-Mraiseh is not considered an area where the party is dominant. For that reason, users considered these movements as "provocative."
Yeah I know. It's just funny that there's an "uproar" and it's seen as "provocative" to publicly come out and support a group that happens to be protecting you from getting steamrolled by a government as ruthless and callous as Israel. This is their lives and their homes we're talking about. What did people expect?
You really didn't. Let's try again: what has Hezbollah actually done that has protected anyone from Israel? They can't even protect themselves from their pagers.
You're welcome to go over and read the history of Hezbollah, how and why they were formed, and what would have happened had they not existed if you so earnestly want to know what they have done to protect Lebanon from Israel. You're also welcome to look up why they have decided to take "potshots" with their genocidal neighbors and how that whole debacle started.
They're a big part of the reason Lebanon is in the bad state it is in right now.
They've been executing critics and opposition for years. The ammo depot explosion was also devastating.
Their assassination of Lebanon's prime minister.
Shooting rockets at Israel since the 8th of October against the Lebanese government's wishes.
And their continued assistance of Assad alongside Russia in butchering Syrians, which was/is not in the interest of Lebanon.
Nothing you say detracts from the point I'm trying to make. Which is why are people so surprised people would suddenly support a group they usually hate to protect themselves, their families, and their livelihoods?
Why are you so sure these people didn't support Hezbollah before?
I understood the point you were trying to make, hence my reply.
All those things are examples for how Hezbollah hasn't protected Lebanon, but quite the opposite.
Without Hezbollah, Lebanon could've been in a much better place now.
The article you linked doesn't confirm what you're saying to be true but neither does it say you're wrong. It simply labels these people as "Hezbollah supporters" without specifying if they're locals or not. You could be right in that sense. I just understood it differently than you.