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Body of Hezbollah leader recovered intact: Sources

They say Nasrallah's remains have no direct wounds and that the cause of death could be blunt trauma from the force of the blast

Published: Sun 29 Sep 2024, 6:22 PM

Updated: Sun 29 Sep 2024, 6:23 PM

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Demonstrators hold pictures of Hassan Nasrallah during a vigil in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 28, 2024. — AFP

Demonstrators hold pictures of Hassan Nasrallah during a vigil in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 28, 2024. — AFP

The body of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from the site of an Israeli air attack on Beirut's southern suburbs and is intact, a medical source and a security source told Reuters on Sunday.

While Hezbollah's statement on Saturday confirming Nasrallah's death did not say how exactly he was killed nor when his funeral would be, the two sources said his body had no direct wounds and that it appeared the cause of death was blunt trauma from the force of the blast.

Supporters of the group and other Lebanese who hailed its role fighting Israel, which occupied south Lebanon for years, mourned him on Sunday.

"We lost the leader who gave us all the strength and faith that we, this small country that we love, could turn it into a paradise," said Lebanese Christian woman Sophia Blanche Rouillard, carrying a black flag to work in Beirut.

Israel struck more targets in Lebanon on Sunday, pressing Hezbollah with new attacks.

Lebanon's Health Ministry said more than 1,000 Lebanese were killed and 6,000 wounded in the past two weeks, without saying how many were civilians. The government said a million people — a fifth of the population — had fled their homes.

In Beirut, some displaced families spent the night on the benches at Zaitunay Bay, a string of restaurants and cafes on Beirut's waterfront. On Sunday morning, families with nothing more than a duffle bag of clothes had rolled out mats to sleep on and made tea for themselves.

"You won't be able to destroy us, whatever you do, however much you bomb, however much you displace people — we will stay here. We won't leave. This is our country and we're staying," said Francoise Azori, a Beirut resident jogging through the area.



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