Gaza Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli air strike in September, is to be buried in Beirut's southern suburbs, a traditional heartland for the group, its secretary general announced.

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.

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. "After security conditions prevented holding a funeral" during two months of all-out war that ended on November 27,

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

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Hezbollah's current chief Naim Qassem announced the funeral date in a televised speech. Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on September 23.

The Lebanese Hezbollah group announces the funeral for its former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, set for February 23. Nasrallah was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike. The group, amidst a fragile ceasefire with Israel,

Secretary-General Naim Kassem made the announcement regarding his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah in a pre-recorded speech. It came days after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that ended the war between the Lebanese militant group and Israel was extended until Feb 18.