For today, links to five reports: from the Associated Press, Middle East Eye, SBS News, and National Public Radio; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (WEST BANK, SYRIA, GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date are HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE, or scroll up or down.  LEBANON 2-23-25 entry is HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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Hezbollah chief who was killed days after taking up post laid to rest in south Lebanon hometown, by Bassem Mroue | AP  BEIRUT — The late leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group who was killed in an Israeli airstrike days after he took the post was laid to rest in his southern hometown today, a day after his cousin and predecessor was buried in Beirut. Hashem Safieddine, who . . . READ MORE . . .

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FROM FEB. 23  Lebanon bids farewell to the Nasrallah era, by Nader Durgham | Middle East Eye  BEIRUT — It has taken five months until Hezbollah has been able to lay Hassan Nasrallah, the charismatic leader who led the ferocious resistance movement and powerful Shia political party for three decades, to rest. READ MORE . . .

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Massive crowds mourn Hezbollah’s slain leader Nasrallah, as Israeli jets fly overhead. From SBS News. Hundreds of thousands of people bid farewell to Hezbollah’s slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, at a mass funeral in Beirut on Sunday, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike in a blow to the Iranian-backed group. Click HERE for article and brief video.

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FROM FEB. 23  Huge crowds gather in Lebanon for funeral of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Reported by Jane Arraf | NPR  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Hezbollah buried its founder Hassan Nasrallah in a huge state-like funeral on Sunday, marking the end of an era for the militant Shiite group. Hezbollah held the event amid vows that followers would continue his legacy of resistance against Israel and the United States. Click HERE to listen and read, and HERE for Feb. 23 report from AP.

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