Hezbollah rally marks anniversary of Israeli withdrawal

Hezbollah supporters on Sunday marked end of recent Gaza fighting - and 21st anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from sourn Lebanon - with a rally at Lebanon/Israel border.

Fighters and supporters from militant group gared at border fence facing Israeli town of Metula.

y waved Palestinian flags and yellow Hezbollah banners, and chanted slogans.

United Nations peacekeeping vehicles patrolled area as event took place.

Ali Fayy, a Lebanese lawmaker from Hezbollah bloc, likened conflict in Gaza to Lebanon's historic conflict with Israel, particularly cycles of "balance and deterrence".

Israeli troops pulled out of sourn Lebanon in 2000, after an 18-year occupation dating back to 1982 war.