Hezbollah says Nasrallah funeral to be held on February 23

The funeral for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed last year in an Israeli strike, will be held on February 23, said the Iran-backed group’s current chief Naim Qassem on Sunday.

“After security conditions prevented holding a funeral” during two months of all-out war between the group and Israel that ended on November 27, Hezbollah has decided to hold “on February 23 a grand… public funeral” for Nasrallah, Qassem said in a televised speech.