- [Chris] Recently, theseLebanese demonstrate

has blocked the mainroad to Beirut's airport,

to protest the abysmal conditions

inside their country.

- All the people are hungry

and no one has anything to eat.

No one can do anything.

There's no electricity at home,

children need milk

and no one can afford to buy it.

That's why we're here.

- [Chris] Lebanon'sworst crisis in decades

includes no functioning government,

a national currency free fall,

and growing national debt.

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The world witnessed the catalyst

for this disaster last August,

when this explosion rock Beirut,

sending shock wavesthroughout the country.

Now, people must waithours in line for fuel,

and that's when it's available.

Blackouts occurred dailyto save electricity,

and many hospitals don'thave enough medicine.

Lebanon's Caretaker Prime Minister

is pleading for help

from Middle East nations, the UN

and the international community.

- To help save the Lebanese from death

and prevent the demise of Lebanon,

Lebanon is a few days awayfrom social explosion.

The Lebanese are facingthis dark fate alone.

Lebanese expert OrnaMizrahi blames the situation

on the combination of political turmoil,

economic corruption, Hezbollah,

and the COVID pandemic.

She says the main problem, however,

is a dysfunctional political class.

- [Orna] We have a very rich elite

of all sects that it's combined.

There is a combination of money

and political control in Lebanon,

and they are doing nothingto help their own people.

They are deteriorating day by day

till situation that we have now.

- [Chris] Hezbollah,led by Hassan Nasrallah,

is the strongest power in the country

given its dominant military.

Mizrahi wants Lebanon to shun the West

and turns solely to Iran for help.

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz

recently offered to sendhumanitarian aid through the UN,

although it's unlikely

Lebanon will accept the offer.

Israel and the region now face

a worst case scenario.

- That Lebanon will not fall

in the hands of Iran.

The internationalcommunity will do nothing,

it will worsen.

- Mizrahi warns withouthelp from the West,

Lebanon could become like Syria,

a state now under the influence of Iran.

If Lebanon does fall tothe Islamic Republic,

it could change thecomplexion of the Middle East.

Chris Mitchell, CBN News, Jerusalem.