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.

GazaHezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli air strike in September, is to be buried in Beirut's southern suburbs, a traditional heartland for the group, its secretary general announced.

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.Nasrallah was killed in a huge Israeli air strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on September 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.

The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed last year in an Israeli strike, will be held on February 23, said the Iran-backed group's current chief Naim Qassem on Sunday.

Naim Qassem has announced a large public funeral for Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine on February 23.

The Lebanese Hezbollah group has announced that the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on Feb. 23 BEIRUT — The Lebanese Hezbollah group Sunday announced the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on Feb.

Hezbollah has announced that the funeral of its slain former chief, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September of last year, will take place on February 23, as reported by The Times of Israel.

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