Iranians lay flowers beneath a banner with a picture of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on October 2, 2024 in Tehran, Iran. | Photograph credit score: Getty Pictures
A supply near Hezbollah stated Friday (Oct. 4, 2024) that the Lebanese militant group’s slain chief, Hassan Nasrallah, has been quickly buried in a secret location over fears that Israel is concentrating on a big funeral.
“Hassan Nasrallah has been quickly buried, till circumstances enable for a public funeral,” the supply stated, after an Israeli strike killed the chief final week.
The supply stated it had been unimaginable to carry a public funeral “for worry of Israeli threats that they might assault the mourners and his burial web site.”
Shia Muslim rites present for any such momentary burial when circumstances forestall a correct funeral or the deceased can’t be buried the place they wished.
A Lebanese official who spoke on situation of anonymity stated Hezbollah, by way of senior Lebanese officers, had tried however didn’t receive “assurances” from the USA, a key ally of Israel, that Israel wouldn’t goal a public funeral.
Amid intensified Israeli bombing of Hezbollah, an enormous assault on its southern stronghold of Beirut on September 27 killed Nasrallah together with an Iranian Revolutionary Guard normal.
Israel stated it killed about 20 members of the Iran-backed militant group. Nasrallah nonetheless has no successor per week after his assassination.
His cousin Hashem Safieddine, a outstanding Hezbollah determine touted as a attainable successor, was the goal of a latest Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut, US and Israeli media reported.
Revealed – October 4, 2024 04:55 pm IST