Nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for Hassan Nasrallah's funeral on Sunday.

A man takes a selfie with people holding a portrait of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah before boarding a flight to Beirut at the Baghdad International Airport on Feb. 20, 2025. Thousands of Nasrallah's supporters are traveling to Lebanon for his funeral on Feb. 23.

Mohammad Mahdi Nasrallah, son of the late secretary-general of Hezbollah, has called for mass participation in the funeral of his father, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.

Lebanon's Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in a mass funeral aimed at showing political strength after the group emerged badly weakened from last year's war.

Hezbollah in Lebanon will hold a mass funeral for its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, on Sunday, nearly five months after his death in an Israeli airstrike. The event is seen as an effort to demonstrate political strength following the group's significant weakening in last year's war.

The funeral of Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine is expected to be one of Lebanon’s largest public events in recent history.