Скачать или смотреть Funeral of senior Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli drone strike on Lebanon

(4 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Beirut, Lebanon - 4 July 2024
1. Mid of Hezbollah members in uniform carrying coffin of senior Hezbollah commander Mohammad Naameh Nasser who was killed in an Israeli drone strike
2. Various of funeral procession for Nasser
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Al-Miqdad, Lebanese member of parliament with Hezbollah bloc:
"The Zionist enemy will realize that the treacherous act of assassinating our leaders will be met with a greater response. We will not remain silent about any aggression, whether on a civilian or military level. We are accustomed to our leader martyrs sacrificing their lives for the dignity and preservation of this nation."
4. Various of coffin wrapped in Hezbollah flag during procession for Nasser
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hashem Safieddine, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council:
"The response to the assassination of our dear leader, Haj Abu Naama and our martyred brother, Mohammad Khashab, began last night and quickly. The series of responses is ongoing and will continue, targeting new sites the enemy never imagined would be hit. The resistance has launched hundreds of rockets and dozens of drones, targeting important command sites. The enemy sometimes acknowledges these hits and sometimes does not, but it is certain that there have been many casualties."
6. Various of funeral, mourners carrying coffin and chanting
7. Various of coffin wrapped in Hezbollah flag

STORYLINE:
Lebanon's Hezbollah group held a funeral on Thursday for its senior commander Mohammad Naameh Nasser who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon.

Nasser's coffin was draped in Hezbollah's yellow flag and was carried through a crowd of mourners in Beirut's southern suburb.

Hezbollah said it launched over 200 rockets on Thursday at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for the strike that killed the commander.

The attack by the Iran-backed militant group was one of the largest in the monthslong conflict along the Lebanon-Israel border, with tensions escalating in recent weeks.

The Israeli military said "numerous projectiles and suspicious aerial targets" had entered its territory from Lebanon, many of which it said were intercepted.

There were no immediate reports of casualties.

It said about 200 “projectiles” were launched toward the occupied Syrian Golan Heights and over 20 drones into Israeli territory, but that it had intercepted some of them.

Israel after Hezbollah's attack struck various towns in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah’s “military structures” in the southern border towns of Ramyeh and Houla.

Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported an Israeli drone strike of Houla killed at least one person.

Israeli jets also broke the sound barrier over the Lebanese capital and other areas in the country.

Israel on Wednesday acknowledged that it had killed Mohammad Naameh Nasser, who headed one of Hezbollah's three regional divisions in southern Lebanon, a day earlier.

Hours after the killing, Hezbollah launched scores of Katyusha rockets and Falaq rockets with heavy warheads into northern Israel and the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

It launched more rockets on Thursday and said it had also sent exploding drones into several bases.

Nasser was of great importance to Hezbollah, which said he took part in battles in conflicts in Syria and Iraq from 2011 until 2016 and fought in the group's last war with Israel in 2006.

Two other senior Hezbollah commanders have also been killed.




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