Beirut, Lebanon - August 01, 2024

A funeral honoring the top Hezbollah military commander, who was killed by Israel, was held in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Thursday amid strong calls for revenge.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech via video link to mourners honoring the life of Fouad Shokor, a senior military advisor to Nasrallah who was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of Beirut on Tuesday.

Nasrallah said the regional conflict with Israel has entered a new and different phase, with multiple fronts, and vowed a response to the Israeli attack is certain.

The only way to calm the Middle East region is by ending the war in Gaza, said Nasrallah.

Mourners from Lebanon and beyond attended Shokor's funeral, including representatives of various Palestinian factions.

An Israeli drone fired on Tuesday evening three missiles at a position near the Shura Council of Hezbollah in the Dahieh suburbs in southern Beirut, killing Shokor and five other people and wounding 74 others.

The commander's death came hours before the assassination of Hamas political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Iran, for which the Palestinian group has blamed Israel.

Shotlist:
Beirut, Lebanon - Aug 1, 2024:
1. Various of funeral for Fouad Shokor, Hezbollah's top military commander, in progress; board with portrait of Shokor, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivering online speech, soldiers carrying coffin;
2. Various of crowds waving fists, chanting slogan;
3. Various of funeral in progress, soldiers, crowds;
Beirut, Lebanon - Aug 1, 2024
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary-General (partially overlaid with shot 5):
"The enemy and those behind the enemy must wait for our response that will inevitably come. God willing, there is no discussion or debate about this, and between me and you, this includes the days, nights, and the battlefield. The axis of resistance today has existed for many years, and we should all memorize it. It fights with anger and reason, with anger and wisdom, with courage and boldness, and it has the capability.";
[SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE]
Beirut, Lebanon - Aug 1, 2024
5. Board with portrait of Shokor, Nasrallah delivering online speech;
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6. Various of funeral in progress; coffin, soldiers, crowds holding poster;
Beirut, Lebanon - Aug 1, 2024
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah Secretary-General:
"All these pressures will not work. If anyone is interested in preventing the region from increasing to worse and bigger things, they should pressure and oblige Israel to stop its aggression against Gaza. There are no other words.";
Beirut, Lebanon - Aug 1, 2024
8. Soldiers holding up flags;
9. Funeral attendees;
10. People waving flags, holding portrait of Shokor;
11. Various of memorial events on streets in progress; people marching, holding flags, portrait of Shokor, sounding drums.

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