BEIRUT: Hezbollah will hold a funeral on Monday for its top military chief and other members of the militant group, a day after Israel killed them with a strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs.
Haytham Ali Tabatabai is the most senior Hezbollah commander to be killed by Israel since a November 2024 ceasefire sought to end over a year of hostilities between the two sides.
Tabatabai’s assassination comes as Israel has escalated its attacks on Lebanon, with the United States increasing its pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah.
The group called on its supporters to attend the mass funeral for its “great leader” Tabatabai which will take place in the southern suburbs, a densely populated area where it holds sway.
The Israeli military said on Sunday that it had “eliminated the terrorist Haytham Ali Tabatabai, Hezbollah’s chief of general staff.”
