Hezbollah says Israel unable to ‘break’ group on anniversary of Nasrallah’s killing
Tens of thousands of people rallied for a commemorative event near the slain leader's tomb in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem addressed a gathering on Sunday, marking two years since the death of the group's founder Hassan Nasrallah. Qassem told supporters that Israel had been unable to break Hezbollah and that the group had regrouped after all-out war with Israel in 2024. Tens of thousands of people, some carrying Hezbollah, Lebanese and Iranian flags, rallied near Nasrallah's tomb in Beirut's southern suburbs.
Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike during a two-month-long war in September 2024. Hezbollah's successor Hashem Safieddine was also honored on Sunday. The latest hostilities have weakened the group, but Qassem vowed that Hezbollah would not be defeated. Hezbollah has been committed to disarming and withdrawing from Lebanon, but progress has stalled.
Israel has kept its troops in a self-declared security zone in south Lebanon and has vowed to keep them there until Hezbollah is defeated.
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