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.

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.

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.

Nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for Hassan Nasrallah's funeral on Sunday.

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,

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.

Tens of thousands of mourners gathered on the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday for a public funeral honoring Hezbollah’s slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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.

Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah's slain leader Hassan Nasrallah at a mass funeral in Beirut on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a stunning blow to the Iranian-backed group.