Hizbullah honors Hadi Nasrallah by staging a panorama
Source: AFP, 14-9-2008
JABAL AL-RAFIE: Hizbullah staged a mock battle on Saturday night to reenact the death of Hadi Nasrallah, son of Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who martyred in a military operation against "Israel" 11 years ago. About 100 fighters took part, some acting as "Israeli" troops and others filling the role of their own resistance group's fighters.
Loudspeakers blasted out the sounds of planes, helicopters and bombs on loud speakers. The fighters used fire crackers and shot blanks in the mock battle in Jabal al-Rafie, in the Iqleem al-Tufah region in southern Lebanon.
Hadi was 19 years old when he was martyred. Hizbullah obtained his remains in a swap with "Israel" in June 1998.
Dozens of spectators were given flowers which were tossed onto and covered the body of the actor who played Hadi at the end of the show.
First Lieutenant Jawad Azar in the Lebanese Armed Forces died the same day as Hadi did in an "Israeli" air strike and his pictures hung throughout the area, as did those of Hadi with his father.
Imad Awada, an organizer of the event, told AFP Azar's inclusion was to "affirm Hizbullah's good relations with the Lebanese Army."
"As [Sayyed Hassan] Nasrallah said, 'Hizbullah and the Lebanese army are two dear brothers and nobody can come between them.'"
The exercise comes just over two weeks after a Lebanese army helicopter was downed less than five kilometers away in the town of Sejoud. An officer on board was killed.
It also comes just three days before Lebanon's rival political leaders are set to meet for a national dialogue to discuss a "national defense strategy."
JABAL AL-RAFIE: Hizbullah staged a mock battle on Saturday night to reenact the death of Hadi Nasrallah, son of Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who martyred in a military operation against "Israel" 11 years ago. About 100 fighters took part, some acting as "Israeli" troops and others filling the role of their own resistance group's fighters.
Loudspeakers blasted out the sounds of planes, helicopters and bombs on loud speakers. The fighters used fire crackers and shot blanks in the mock battle in Jabal al-Rafie, in the Iqleem al-Tufah region in southern Lebanon.
Hadi was 19 years old when he was martyred. Hizbullah obtained his remains in a swap with "Israel" in June 1998.
Dozens of spectators were given flowers which were tossed onto and covered the body of the actor who played Hadi at the end of the show.
First Lieutenant Jawad Azar in the Lebanese Armed Forces died the same day as Hadi did in an "Israeli" air strike and his pictures hung throughout the area, as did those of Hadi with his father.
Imad Awada, an organizer of the event, told AFP Azar's inclusion was to "affirm Hizbullah's good relations with the Lebanese Army."
"As [Sayyed Hassan] Nasrallah said, 'Hizbullah and the Lebanese army are two dear brothers and nobody can come between them.'"
The exercise comes just over two weeks after a Lebanese army helicopter was downed less than five kilometers away in the town of Sejoud. An officer on board was killed.
It also comes just three days before Lebanon's rival political leaders are set to meet for a national dialogue to discuss a "national defense strategy."
