Hezbollah announced Sunday that a funeral for Hassan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine, who were killed by Israel more than four months ago, will take place later this month.

The Lebanese Hezbollah group has announced that the funeral of its longtime leader will take place on Feb. 23.

The head of Lebanon's armed group Hezbollah said on Sunday that his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, would be laid to rest on Feb. 23, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air attack on Beirut's southern suburbs.

Hassan Nasrallah received a temporary burial as hostilities with Israel did not allow for a funeral to take place.

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The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah will be held on February 23, the group's current chief said on Sunday, months after his predecessor's death in an Israeli air strike.

Naim Qassem has announced a large public funeral for Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and Sayyed Hashem Safieddine on 23.

Tehran, IRNA - Hezbollah will hold a funeral for its late secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on February 23, according to the Lebanese resistance movement’s current leader, Sheikh Naim Qassem.

Qassem said the group had now decided to hold 'a grand funeral procession with a large public presence' for both Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine

Hezbollah announced that its leader Hassan Nasrallah will be laid to rest on February 23. Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in September and was initially buried discretely due to security concerns.