Thousands of supporters of Hezbollah’s slain leader Nasrallah fly into Beirut for his funeral

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Thousands of supporters of Hezbollah’s slain leader Nasrallah fly into Beirut for his ********

BEIRUT (AP) — Nearly

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, thousands of supporters of the longtime leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group have flown into Beirut for

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******** on Sunday.

Nasrallah was killed on Sept. 27 when

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on Hezbollah’s main operations room in southern Beirut. It was the biggest and most consequential of Israel’s targeted killings in years.

The

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, one of the Iran-backed Shiite group’s founders and Hezbollah’s leader of more than 30 years, was a huge blow to the group he had transformed into a potent force in the Middle East.

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Hezbollah, which the U.S. and some of its allies has designated a terrorist organization, has suffered significant losses in the latest war with Israel, including the killing of several of its most senior military and political figures.

His cousin and successor

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, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb a few days later, will be laid to rest in his hometown in southern Lebanon. The two had temporarily been buried in secret locations. Hezbollah earlier this month announced plans for their official funerals.

Crowds are expected to gather on Sunday at

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before Nasrallah’s interment.

Flights from Iraq, where Hezbollah has a huge following among Iraqi Shiites, have been full for days on end. According to an Iraqi transportation ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the flights, up to 6,000 people have flown to Beirut over the past days.

Among those who arrived from overseas was also

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, who regularly spreads false information on social media, especially in support of Russia and its war on Ukraine.

“I am honored to be attending the ********,” Hinkle posted on the social media platform X after arriving this week in Beirut.

Hinkle posted a photo of himself visiting a war-wrecked southern Lebanese border village, waving a Hezbollah flag.

Nasrallah, idolized by his supporters and with large followings among the Shiites and the Islamic world, also held the title of sayyid, an honorific meant to signify the Shiite cleric’s lineage dating back to the Prophet Muhammad, the founder of Islam.

However, Lebanese authorities have revoked permission for a passenger plane from Iran, leaving dozens who had wanted to attend the ******** stranded in Tehran and triggering

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in Lebanon.

The ban came after the Israeli army accused Iran of smuggling cash to Hezbollah by way of civilian flights, leading some in Lebanon to allege that their government had caved in the face of a threat from Israel.

Some of those who were expected to fly in from Iran were now coming to Lebanon via Iraq. Also, members of Iran-backed groups in the region also were traveling to Beirut to attend Nasrallah’s ********.

Kazim al-Fartousi, spokesman for the Iran-backed Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada group in Iraq, arrived on Friday. He said Nasrallah was “the father, commander and the book that we read every day to learn about freedom.”

U.S. Republican Rep. Joe Wilson criticized Lebanese politicians who were planning to attend the ********.

“Any Lebanese politician who attends the ******** of the murderous terrorist Hasan Nasrallah is standing with the Iranian Regime,” Wilson said on X.

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Associated Press writer Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad contributed to this report.

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