A banner depicting slain figures of Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah (L to R) Fuad Shukr, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Karaki and Ibrahim Akil is displayed beneath protester atop a bridge during a rally in Beirut on Feb. 15, 2025. — IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Since 1992, Nasrallah had served as secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Shia group that is a political and military entity in Lebanon and plays a significant role in shaping the geopolitics of the region. He was assassinated on September 27 last year by an Israeli airstrike during the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.

Lebanon's Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in a mass funeral aimed at showing political strength after the group emerged badly weakened from last year's war.

Tens of thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Lebanon's capital Beirut to mourn Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a public funeral nearly five months after he was killed by an Israeli air strike.

Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral drew thousands to Beirut, showing his significant impact. His death in an Israeli airstrike marks a critical moment for Hezbollah and the Middle East. Hezbollah's vow of continued resistance against Israel was strongly emphasized during the ceremony,

Hezbollah held a long-delayed funeral for former leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in September in an Israeli airstrike.

His death was a major blow for the Iran-backed group that he had transformed into a potent force in the Middle East.

In Lebanon on Sunday, thousands turned out for the funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, the former longtime leader of Hezbollah who was killed nearly five months ago in the war with Israel. The funeral came just days after Israel failed to meet a second deadline to withdraw from southern Lebanon as part of a fragile ceasefire deal.

In an extremely unconventional show of force, the Israeli Air Force conducted a fighter flyover over Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral. The dramatic

Australians have attended the funeral of Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in Lebanon, posing for selfies beside posters of the terrorist and filming his coffin.

Large numbers of Hezbollah followers flocked to Beirut's largest sports stadium on Sunday to attend a mass funeral of their slain leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was assassinated.

analyst says Nasrallah was temporarily buried next to his son after death BEIRUT, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months ...