Hezbollah left badly weakened by war, ousting of Assad in Syria Group seeks mass turnout to show political strength, 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 after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike,
Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27 when Israel's air force dropped more than 80 bombs on Hezbollah's main operations room in southern Beirut. It was the biggest and most consequential of Israel’s targeted killings in years.
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern
Falih al Fayyadh, the head of Iraq’s largely pro-Iranian Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), traveled to Beirut for the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on February 23. Other senior members of pro-Iranian militias in Iraq also attended the funeral,
Hezbollah on Sunday holds a long-delayed funeral for leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut in November. The event is expected to be akin to a state funeral, marking the end of an era for the Iran-backed group.
Israel displayed a massive show of strength this week after four of its top-tier fighter jets conducted a flyover above the funeral of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Two F-15I Ra’ams from 69 Squadron and two F-35I Adirs from 104 Squadron flew at low altitude over the terror group’s followers while they were mourning the death of its former leader.
Hezbollah held a long-delayed funeral for former leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was assassinated in September in an Israeli airstrike.
Thousands gathered in Beirut Sunday to mourn the death of Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah’s longtime leader who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September. Under a ceasefire agreement, Israel withdrew its troops from southern Lebanon last week,
Tens of thousands of mourners have attended the public funeral service for former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
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.
Hezbollah formally buried its former leader, Hasan Nasrallah, on Feb. 23 during an elaborate funeral in Beirut, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
Security was deployed on the streets of Beirut on Sunday (February 23) as tens of thousands of people gathered for the funeral of former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine at Lebanon's biggest sports arena.