Hezbollah called Nasrallah their 'soul and heart' before he was killed in an Israeli airstrike. Western governments called him a terrorist. The crowds in Harek Hreik, a suburb to the south of Lebanese capital Beirut, chanted his name, again and again.
The crowds came, weeping in the dark, to a bombsite and a shrine. The crater was huge, with twisted rods of steel and mounds of earth and rubble on its side. This is where Hassan Nasrallah, the former leader of Hezbollah was killed, in a massive Israeli airstrike, on 27 September.
Read more:Analysis: Dark clouds hang over Middle EastExplained: Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire 'This is not the main goodbye, but of course this is the first opportunity to see where he died,' he added. This had been a highly protected site, opened now for the first time and only under strict Hezbollah control. And the media was invited in first to film these bright lights and these crowds.
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