Millions of supporters attend funeral of Hezbollah's ex-chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut | Pics

Hezbollah ex-chief Hassan Nasrallah was buried in Beirut on Sunday, with hundreds attending funeral nearly five months after his death

Published on Feb 24, 2025 01:59 PM IST 12 Photos
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Mourners react as a trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd at the beginning of a funeral procession in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon on Sunday.(AP)

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An Israeli fighter jet flies over a Lebanese airforce Cessna plane during the funeral ceremony of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine in the Sports City Stadium in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday,(AP)

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Israeli fighter jets fly over the city during the funeral procession of Lebanon's former Hezbollah leaders, Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor, Hashem Safieddine, in Beirut.(AP)

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Supporters from Lebanon and other countries in the region, carrying pictures of Nasrallah and Hezbollah flags, filled the 55,000-seat Camille Chamoun Sports City stadium in the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut.(AP)

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After the funeral ceremony, people joined a procession outside the stadium before burying Nasrallah nearby. A Lebanese security source estimated the crowd at about a million people.(AP)

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