(28 Sep 2024)
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Beirut, Lebanon – 28 September 2024
1. Tilt down from Al Amin Mosque to Hezbollah supporters gathering on the steps of the mosque
2. Various of Hezbollah supporter Iman Al Ali wailing and crying after learning about Hassan Nasrallah’s death
UPSOUND (Arabic) “Oh Sayyed.. Sayyed (Nasrallah) we are waiting for you, we are waiting for your smile, we are waiting for your voice Sayyed. I have been waiting since morning for you to talk (address us)….Please Sayyed rise”
3. Various of women crying
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Iman Al Ali, Hezbollah supporter:
“Nothing has happened to the Sayyed (Nasrallah). For your sake, Sayyed. Take our children. And take our eyes. Take our homes. Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who is defending the entire Arab nation. The Sayyed does not die. The Sayyed does not die."
5. Various of Hezbollah supporters consoling each other
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Em Hadi, Hezbollah supporter:
“The crown of our heads, Sayyed Hassan, may God have mercy on him, may God be with him. May God have mercy on you, the father of all, you are my soul."
7. Various of Hezbollah supporters gathering and crying at Al Amin Mosque
STORYLINE:
People gathered outside a mosque in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Saturday to mourn the death of Hassan Nasrallah.
Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah confirmed Saturday that its leader and one of its founders was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day.
A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed to “continue the holy war against the enemy and in support of Palestine.”
Nasrallah, who led Hezbollah for more than three decades, is by far the most powerful target to be killed by Israel in weeks of intensified fighting with Hezbollah.
The Israeli military said it carried out a precise airstrike on Friday while Hezbollah leadership were meeting at their headquarters in Dahiyeh, south of Beirut.
The Lebanese Health Ministry said six people were killed and 91 injured in the strikes, which levelled six apartment buildings.
Ali Karki, the commander of Hezbollah’s Southern Front and other commanders were also killed, the Israeli military said.
Immediately after the official confirmation from Hezbollah, people starting firing in the air in Beirut and other areas of the country, to mourn Nasrallah’s death.
Some were protesting that he was killed because of his support for the war in Gaza.
Hezbollah started firing rockets on Israel in support of Gaza on Oct. 8, a day after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack on Israel, killing some1,200 people and abducting another 250.
Since then, the two sides have been engaged in cross-border strikes that have gradually escalated and displaced tens of thousands of civilians on both sides of the border.
Hostilities escalated dramatically last week when thousands of explosives hidden in pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated, killing dozens of people and leaving thousands, including many civilians, with severe injuries to the eyes, face and limbs. Israel is widely believed to be behind the attack.
Israel has also killed several top Hezbollah commanders in Beirut, especially in the past two weeks, in addition to the attack that killed Nasrallah.
AP video by Fadi Tawil
Production: Bassem Mroue
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