New threats against Israel were launched by its leading officials Hezbollahduring the funeral of Radwan Force commander Ibrahim Akil in Beirut.

Speaking at Ibrahim Aqil’s funeral, the now second-in-command in Hezbollah’s hierarchy, Naim Kasemsaid that Israel has committed “war crimes that are painful for us” and as a result of these actions, a “battle without borders” has begun.

Ibrahim Akil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut on Friday, days after hundreds of Hezbollah members were wounded and dozens killed in coordinated attacks by exploding communications devices.

Naim Qassem – deputy secretary general of Hezbollah – said at his funeral Ibrahim Akil that Hezbollah does not need to issue threats.

Kassem said Israel “committed three war crimes that were painful for us” and that its recent attacks “represent the highest level of monstrosity that we have never seen in this era.” “We recognize that you hurt us. We are humans. However, when we hurt, you will also hurt”, he pointed out.

Qassem said that Israel will not achieve its goals and that Lebanon’s support for Gaza will continue until the war in Gaza ends.

Crowds at Ibrahim Akil’s funeral

With draconian measures and military honors, thousands of people accompanied Hezbollah’s number 2, Ibrahim Akil at his last residence. The funeral of the commander of the Radwan Force, who was killed along with 15 other commanders of the group by an Israeli missile attack, began early Sunday afternoon in Beirut, while verses of the Koran echoed in the Lebanese capital.

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The great procession ended at the cemetery Rawdat al-Hawraa Zainab in Ghobeiryin the southern suburbs of Beirut. A special ceremony had been organized at the cemetery for the last farewell to its high-ranking official Hezbollah.

Ibrahim Akil accused by Israel that he and 15 other Hezbollah commandershad gathered in a secret meeting in a suburb of Beirut to discuss the final details of the plan to invade northern Israel, in an operation similar to the one Hamas organized and executed almost a year earlier, on October 7, 2023, causing bloodshed.