Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah Thursday delivered a live speech on Hezbollah's al-Manar television, calling for a street protest against the incumbent government led by Prime Minister Fouad Seniora in central Beirut on Friday.

"We appeal to all Lebanese, from all areas of Lebanon, to take part in a peaceful and civilized demonstration on Friday afternoon show the public demand of forming a national unity government in place of the current incapable government," Nasrallah said while delivering his TV speech.

He noted that Seniora's government has lost its legitimacy and capability following the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers, saying the current government could not represent a multi-sect Lebanon but only anti-Syrian bloc.

Although Nasrallah stressed that Friday's protest should be a peaceful and civilized one, but intense gun shots, which are believed to greet Nasrallah's speech, could be heard from several neighborhoods of the capital.

Nasrallah had earlier repeated his threats of calling for a street protest following the resignation of six pro-Syrian ministers earlier this month.

The Shiite group and its pro-Syrian allies had been demanding a greater say in the anti-Syrian forces-dominated government led by Seniora.

However, the anti-Syrian ruling parliamentary majority led by Seniora has accused Hezbollah and Amal movement, the main pro- Syrian and pro-Iranian Shiite groups, of doing Damascus's and Tehran's bidding and seeking to undermine the formation of the tribunal.

Source: Xinhua