A car carries former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, who were killed in an Israeli air strike last year, during a public funeral, Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium, located on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, on February 23, 2023, outside Lebanon. 2025.
Thaier al-Sudani | Reuters
On Sunday, thousands of people gathered in the suburbs of Beirut to pay tribute to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air strike, Iran-backed groups have suffered a shocking blow.
Nasrallah leads Shi’ite Muslim Group through decades of conflict with Israel and oversees its transformation of military power with the region, the opening of Israel’s escalation One of Salvos, causing the severely weakened Hezbollah.
Supporters, holding photos of Naslara and Hezbollah flags, gathered in Naslara for a large-scale funeral earlier Sunday and held the group’s other stadium in a southern suburb of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah. Kill the leader.
The 55,000 Camille Chamoun Sports City Stadium is located several hours before the ceremony begins.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, an Iraqi delegation including Shia politicians and militia commanders, is expected to participate.
After the beatings of Hezbollah in the war with Israel, the massive funeral was designed to show strength, which killed most of its leadership, thousands of combatants and caused damage in southern Lebanon.
The impact on Hezbollah has intensified its ally in Syria, Bashar al-Assad, cutting off a critical supply route.
“As a person, we may have lost a lot of things, but we have not lost the value of resistance because the resistance is firmly strong,” said Hassan Nasreddine, a Lebanese man.
The funeral was also held for Hashem Safieddine, who led Hezbollah a week after Naslara’s death. He was killed during an Israeli strike before publicly proclaiming Naslara’s successor.
After Nasrallah’s death, Nasrallah was temporarily buried next to his son Hadi. The war ended last year.
Although Israel has largely withdrawn from the south, its troops continue to hold five mountaintop positions in the region, Israel conducted air strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday, saying it has identified Hezbollah’s activities.
When the Gaza War began in October 2023, Hezbollah broke out after supporting its Palestinian ally Hamas in support of its Palestinian ally Hamas.
