Yesterday morning, the cleaning and maintenance workers were busy removing the windows of the banks' windows that were attacked by angry demonstrators at night in the Hamra area in the center of Beirut, and they broke them, against the backdrop of severe restrictions imposed on the depositors who want to withdraw their money.

After stopping for weeks, the demonstrators returned to the streets of Beirut and a number of areas, the day before yesterday, to protest against the faltering formation of a new government, and the intensification of the economic and financial crisis, in a new episode in a series of unprecedented protests in Lebanon since October 17.

From early morning hours, Agence France-Press correspondents on Hamra Street have seen cleaners removing the windows of bank façades scattered on the ground, while others went out to break the remaining hard cracked façades by using a hammer and other tools. Some banks were quick to install new interfaces.

Hamra Street, which includes the headquarters of the Central Bank of Lebanon and dozens of banks and commercial establishments, has become a scene of violent confrontations at night interspersed with stones between demonstrators and security forces, who used tear gas to disperse them, and arrested a number of them after being pursued in the alleys.

The clashes left the demonstrators and security forces wounded, a number of whom were taken to hospitals, according to what the Civil Defense announced in a statement, without specifying the number.

The protesters broke the banks' façades through the traffic lights poles, which they uprooted from them, iron pipes and fire extinguishers. They also smashed ATMs and wrote graffiti against banks.

The employees of most of the banks attended to their normal working hours, inspecting the damages caused to their workplace, before they resumed receiving depositors.

The movement appeared natural in the streets and surrounding Beirut, while protesters cut main roads in the east, south, and north of the country, and many schools closed their doors.

The protesters are revenge on the banks, which imposed in the past three months severe restrictions on withdrawals, especially the dollar. Its branches witness almost daily problems between customers who want to get their money and bank employees who are unable to fulfill their desires.

The Lebanese pound is close to losing about half its value in practice. While the official exchange rate is still fixed at 1507 pounds against the dollar, the dollar touched the threshold of 2500 pounds in the parallel market.

Since October 17, tens of thousands of Lebanese have taken to the streets and squares, blocking roads to protest the performance of the political class, which demonstrators accuse of corruption and hold them responsible for the deteriorating economic situation and its inability to rehabilitate facilities and improve basic public services.

These protests caused the resignation of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and then entrusted Hassan Diab to form a rescue government.

Under the slogan of "The Week of Rage", the demonstrators cut, yesterday, yesterday, major roads in Beirut and its surroundings, and in a number of areas, with burning tires and garbage containers.

Demonstrators broke the banks ’façades through traffic poles, which they uprooted from them, iron platters and fire extinguishers.