The body of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from the site of an Israeli air attack on Beirut's southern suburbs and is intact, according to a medical source and a security source who spoke to Reuters on Sunday.
While Hezbollah's statement on Saturday confirming Nasrallah's death did not specify how he was killed nor when his funeral would be held, the two sources mentioned that his body showed no direct wounds, suggesting that the cause of death was likely blunt trauma from the force of the blast.
Supporters of the group and other Lebanese who praised its role in fighting Israel, which occupied south Lebanon for years, mourned Nasrallah on Sunday. 'We lost the leader who gave us all the strength and faith that we, this small country that we love, could turn it into a paradise,' said Lebanese Christian woman Sophia Blanche Rouillard, carrying a black flag to work in Beirut.
Israel continued to strike more targets in Lebanon on Sunday, intensifying its attacks on Hezbollah. Lebanon's Health Ministry reported that more than 1,000 Lebanese were killed and 6,000 wounded in the past two weeks, without specifying how many were civilians. The government also stated that a million people — a fifth of the population — had fled their homes.
In Beirut, some displaced families spent the night on the benches at Zaitunay Bay, a string of restaurants and cafes along the city's waterfront. On Sunday morning, families with nothing more than a duffle bag of clothes had set up mats to sleep on and made tea for themselves. 'You won't be able to destroy us, whatever you do, however much you bomb, however much you displace people — we will stay here. We won't leave. This is our country and we're staying,' said Francoise Azori, a Beirut resident jogging through the area.
