Hezbollah to hold mass funerals for fighters killed in Israel's war on Lebanon
Hezbollah announced it will hold mass funerals in southern Lebanon on Tuesday for 44 fighters killed during Israel's six weeks of war on Lebanon.
The burials come after Israel and Lebanon entered into a 10-day ceasefire on Friday announced by US President Donald Trump. Hezbollah has not given the total number of its fighters killed since Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes and a ground invasion in Lebanon last month.
But on Tuesday it said it will bury 29 fighters in the town of Kfar Sir, returning "a group of blessed souls to the soil of the south".
It will also bury 15 fighters and one civilian in the village of Qlaileh, some of whom had been temporarily buried elsewhere until the ceasefire made a return south possible.
Mourners carry the body of a Hezbollah fighter killed during the conflict with Israel, before a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, 20 April 2026 (Reuters)