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

Hezbollah's Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem stated that Lebanon must address Israeli violations, which he described as acts of aggression rather than mere violations. In his speech, Qassem emphasized that "resistance is both a path and a choice" and that actions are taken based on careful assessment at the right time.

Naim Qassem insisted Hezbollah had emerged from the fight with Israel victorious, despite painful and unprecedented setbacks, and was unwilling to concede the group’s domestic position. Qassem also expressed Hezbollah’s satisfaction with Lebanon’s post-war political direction and said his group had a productive and positive relationship with Lebanon’s new president and prime minister-designate.

The Iran-backed group's current chief Naim Qassem also confirmed for the first time that leading official Hashem Safieddine had been chosen to succeed Nasrallah before he too was killed in an Israeli raid in October.

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.

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.

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

Nasrallah was killed on September 27 after a series of Israeli airstrikes struck several buildings in a southern Beirut suburb.