Hezbollah slain leader Nasrallah to be buried in Lebanon on February 23 | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Hassan Nasrallah received a temporary burial because hostilities with Israel did not allow a funeral.

The group said, after months of that He was killed in an Israeli air attack In the capital of Lebanon.

Nasrallah, who held the position of Hezbollah Secretary -General for more than 30 years, was killed on September 27, as Israel increased its air attacks on Hezbollah’s targets on the southern outskirts of Beirut.

His successor, Naymis Qassem, said in a televised speech on Sunday that Nasrallah was killed “at a time when the conditions were difficult,” which forced the group to conduct a temporary burial for him according to religious traditions.

Qasim said that the group now decided to maintain a “great funeral procession with a large public presence” for Nasrallah and Hashem, Safieddine, another official from the Hezbollah summit killed in almost an Israeli strike after a week of Nasrallah.

He also confirmed for the first time that Safieddine was elected as the successor of Nasrallah, but was killed before the announcement. He said that Safieddine will also be buried with the title of Secretary -General.

He said that Nasrallah will be buried on the outskirts of Beirut “in a conspiracy from the land that we have chosen between the old and new airport roads,” while Safieddine will be buried in his hometown, a monastery of law in southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah announced on October 29 that Qassem, the group’s deputy leader, was elected as its president, after the killing of many major military commanders in the group.

The ceasefire in late November has finished ending the combat actions between Hezbollah and Israel, and set a date for a period of 60 days for the Israeli forces to withdraw from southern Lebanon, Hezbollah to remove its fighters and arms from the region and the Lebanese forces to enter there.

This deadline was extended last month until February 18. He accused Israel of violating the conditions for a ceasefire by refusing to leave Lebanon and continue to carry out accidental air attacks in some parts of the country. Israel itself accuses Hezbollah of violating the conditions for a ceasefire.

Hezbollah faced one of its biggest challenges after the Iranian -backed group opened a front against Israel to help the leading group numbers.