Hundreds of thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah 5 months after his killing
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A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine enters the Sports City Stadium during a funeral procession in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025. A boy holds a flower during the funeral procession of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine, in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025. A woman gives a military salute 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 in Beirut, Feb. 23, 2025.
Hundreds of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut and the streets outside Sunday for the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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