Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air strike five months ago, was buried on Sunday after a ceremony in Beirut, in the huge crowds.
The Lebanon supporters from Lebanon and beyond the Camille Chamoun Sport City Stadium filled with 55,000 seats, with many more walking outside. The funeral was a violence for a movement that was beaten with Israel in its war.
Many cried as the coffins of Nasrallah and his successor -Hashem Safeddine, who only headed Hisbollah for a week before he was also murdered by Israel. Some threw flowers, while other small objects in the coffins were hoping for the hope of being blessed by the contact.
The 64 -year -old Nasrallah was killed together with other high -ranking personalities in Hisbollah on September 27 when Israel’s Air Force dropped dozens of bombs on one of the group’s command posts in the suburb of Dahiyeh.
When the procession continued on Sunday afternoon, a triangular formation of Israeli F15 and F35 – Jets flew over the capital and caused panic and anger. A woman, her face striped with tears, clutched her little son and looked up with fear.
The stadium broke out with default sources, with the funeral manager explained that the sound of the planes would not intimidate anyone. “The roar of our call is greater than all of her noises,” he said, led the crowd in a vocals: “To her service, oh Nasrallah. Death to Israel. “
Nasrallah’s murder made his campaign against the group supported by Iran in a full -blown war, which devastated his leadership and reduced her gun supplies, a breathtaking blow.
The murder also emphasized how deeply the intelligence networks of Israel had entered a group whose internal discipline had always been praised.
The war was triggered when Hisbollah fired “in solidarity” with Gaza to Israel on October 8, 2023.
At least 4,000 people were killed in Lebanon -many suspected Hezbollah fighters -when Israeli rockets put down in areas from which the group draws their support.
In his 32 years at the top, Nasrallah converted the Shiite group into the outstanding force in the regional network of deputies of Iran, who called the axis of resistance.
Until his death, he was not only worshiped at home, but also in the Arab and Muslim worlds to defend the Palestinians and his challenge to Israel.
Many of his followers on Sunday still dealt with his death.
“Some of us who came here came with the hope that we (Nasrallah) will find alive, that he will come out and calm our thoughts,” said 21-year-old Ali. “But when the coffin came over, we found that we had lost any feeling of security.”
“We found that this country, this region, was dependent on a specific person and lost it,” added Ali. “There is nothing that can describe the feeling. It is like we have lost our father. Everyone here has lost their father. “
Hadi, an Iraqi writer, said he had flown from Baghdad with a delegation of seven. “Nasrallah is not just a martyr for Lebanon, not only for the Shiites, but for the entire Islam.”
Staunch Hizbollah Ally and spokesman for the Lebanon Parliament Nabih Berri took part in addition to the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and spokesman for the Mohammad-Baqer Ghalibaf Parliament as well as religious, political and milician leaders from Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen and Yemen.
Israeli troops remain in five hill positions in the South Libanon, despite a ceasefire contract that was signed by both countries and which until mid -February prescribed a complete withdrawal of the Israeli forces. The Air Force continued to carry out air strikes on the Hezbollah positions, including striking destinations on Sunday morning.
The militant group suffered another blow when its ally Bashar al-Assad was discontinued in Syria last December, which broke off an important supply route.
The reduced stature of the group is also reflected in post -war policy in Lebanon. For the first time since the end of the 15-year civil war of the country in 1990, the manifesto of the cabinet did not contain any language that legitimizes the continued Arsenal of Hisbollah.
Neither the President of Lebanon nor in Premier took part on Sunday.
In an attempt to increase morality, an address that was broadcast on the screens of the stadium from a non -mentioned location showed Hisbollah’s leader Naim Qassem, who calmed the crowd that the group remained “strong”.
“We will not examine the continuation of our killing and our crew and not accept it,” said Qassem.
The crowd started to thin when he spoke.
