One of the largest funerals in Lebanon's history is set to take place on Sunday, February 23, 2025, as Hezbollah lays to rest its longtime Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and his successor, Hashem Safieddine.

The Lebanese Hezbollah group Sunday announced the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on February 23, months after he was assassinated in a series of Israeli airstrikes in a southern Beirut suburb.

The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will be held on February 23, the group's current chief said on Sunday, months after his predecessor's death in an Israeli air strike. "After security conditions prevented holding a funeral" during two months of all-out war that ended on November 27,

Hezbollah announced the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on 23 February, five months after he was assassinated in a series of targetted Israeli airstrikes in a southern Beirut suburb.

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Secretary-General Naim Kassem made the announcement regarding his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in a pre-recorded speech. It came days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the war between the Lebanese militant group and Israel was extended until Feb 18.

The head of Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, would be laid to rest on Feb. 23, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.