
CNN
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The long-delayed funeral for Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah is taking place Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in a massive Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.
Hezbollah has been left badly depleted by Israeli attacks and the mass event is intended as a show of strength for the militant and political group. Israel struck several locations in Lebanon during the mass funeral, according to local and state media.
A formation of Israeli fighter jets flew very low over the main site of the funeral after Nasrallah’s coffin was unveiled, videos recorded by local journalists showed.
Tens of thousands of…