A banner depicting slain figures of Lebanese Shiite Islamist movement Hezbollah (L to R) Fuad Shukr, Hashem Safieddine, Hassan Nasrallah, Ali Karaki and Ibrahim Akil is displayed beneath protester atop a bridge during a rally in Beirut on Feb. 15, 2025. — IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images

Thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for Hassan Nasrallah’s funeral this weekend.

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.

Nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, thousands of supporters of the long-time leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group