Tens of thousands of people gathered today on the outskirts of Beirut to mourn for its murdered leader Hezbollah, Hassan Nasralaalmost five months after he was killed in an Israeli air bombing that had a serious blow to the Iranian -backed organization.

The murder of Nasrala, who led the Shiite Muslim organization during decades of conflict with Israel, was one of the first significant blows to escalating the conflict with Israel, which seriously weakened Hezbollah.

Holding photos of Nasrala and his Hezbollahs supporters gathered early today for the funeral of Nassrala and other murdered leaders of the organization at a stage in the southern suburbs of Beirut controlled by Hezbollah.

Prior to the start of the funeral, the 55,000 -seat Camille Chamoune Stadium was almost full.

At the time of the funeral Israeli fighters threw over Beirut, with the concentrated shouting “death in Israel”.

The funeral is attended by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakzi, an Iraqi delegation including Shiite politicians and militia administrators as well as a Yemeni Houthi delegation.

The funeral aims to show a strong Hezbollah after a blow from the Israeli war, which claimed the lives of most leadership members and to thousands of fighters and caused disasters in southern Lebanon. The impact on Hezbollah became even greater than the overthrow of her ally, Bashar al-Assad, in Syria.

The memorial service will also be honored by Hassem Siafentin, who led Hezbollah for a week after Nasrala’s death before he was killed by Israel himself, showing how deeply the Israeli intelligence service had infiltrated the organization. Siafentin will be buried in the south on Monday.

After his death, Nassrala was temporarily buried next to his son, Hadi, who died fighting for Hezbollah in 1997.

The official funeral was planned in such a way as to give time to withdraw Israeli forces from South Lebanon based on the terms of the US -backed ceasefire, which ended last year’s war.

Although Israel has largely retired from South Lebanon, its troops continue to hold five hills in the area, which Hezbollah fought for years to liberate from the Israeli forces before retiring in 2000.

The conflict escalated after Hezbollah opened fire in support of its ally, Palestinian Hamas, in the outbreak of Gaza war on October 8, 2023.