Video: Israeli Fighter Jets Fly Over Funeral Gathering Of Hezbollah Chief

New Delhi:

Hundreds of individuals gathered on the outskirts of Beirut at this time to pay respects to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, almost 5 months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a surprising blow to the Iran-backed group.

Nonetheless, the sound of Israeli fighter jets flying above the large gathering briefly drowned out the slogan-shouting individuals beneath.

Visuals from the funeral present what the native media stated had been 4 Israeli F-16s flying over the funeral procession.

Israel’s military at this time stated “the world is a greater place” now. 

“As we speak is Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral. As we speak the world is a greater place,” the Israeli military posted on X.

The killing of Nasrallah, who led the Shi’ite Muslim group by a long time of battle with Israel and oversaw its transformation right into a navy pressure with regional sway, was one of many opening salvos in an Israeli escalation that badly weakened Hezbollah.

Carrying photos of Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, supporters gathered early on Sunday for a mass funeral for Nasrallah and different slain leaders of the group at a stadium within the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut, information company AFP reported.

The 55,000-seat Camille Chamoun Sports activities Metropolis stadium was almost full hours earlier than the ceremony was set to begin, AFP reported.

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Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed continued “resistance” in opposition to Israel.

“The enemy ought to know that resistance in opposition to usurpation, oppression, and vanity isn’t over and can proceed till the specified aim is achieved,” Khamenei stated in a press release revealed on his official web site.

The mass funeral is geared toward displaying power after Hezbollah emerged battered from final yr’s battle with Israel, which killed most of its management and hundreds of fighters and wreaked destruction on south Lebanon.

The affect on Hezbollah was compounded by the ousting of its ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria, severing a key provide route.

“We might have misplaced an awesome deal as a person, however we now have not misplaced the worth of the resistance as a result of the resistance is clinging on,” Hassan Nasreddine, a Lebanese man headed to the ceremony from the south, informed AFP.

The funeral was additionally being held for Hashem Safieddine, who led Hezbollah for every week after Nasrallah’s dying. He was killed in an Israeli strike earlier than he had been publicly introduced as Nasrallah’s successor.

After his dying, Nasrallah was buried quickly subsequent to his son, Hadi, who died preventing for Hezbollah in 1997. His official funeral was delayed to permit time for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from south Lebanon beneath the phrases of a US-backed ceasefire which ended final yr’s battle.

With inputs from AFP