LEBANON: EMOTIONAL FUNERAL OF HASSAN HASSENTO AL-SHEIKH MEMBER OF HIZBOLLAH ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES
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859959
LEBANON: EMOTIONAL FUNERAL OF HASSAN HASSENTO AL-SHEIKH MEMBER OF HIZBOLLAH ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES
- Title: LEBANON: EMOTIONAL FUNERAL OF HASSAN HASSENTO AL-SHEIKH MEMBER OF HIZBOLLAH ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES
- Date: 27th April 2000
- Summary: MASGHARA, WESTERN BEKAA, LEBANON (APRIL 27, 2000) (REUTERS) VARIOUS HIZBOLLAH FOLLOWERS AND MOURNERS MARCH BEHIND CASKET (5 SHOTS)
- Embargoed: 12th May 2000 13:00
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- Location: MASGHARA, WESTERN BEKAA, LEBANON
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- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Crime,International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA2UFV0MT5P3O6Y4KL4RLVHFVPI
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- Story Text: An emotional funeral has taken place in Lebanon for a member of Hibzollah said to have been killed by Israeli security forces.
Several hundred followers of Hizbollah participated in the emotion-filled funeral on Thursday (April 27).
Nineteen-year-old, Hassan Hassento al-Sheikh, was buried in his hometown of Mashghara.
The Hizbollah group said he was killed during Israeli air raids on the Western Bekaa on Wednesday (April 26).
Al-Sheikh is the ninth member of Hizbollah to be killed in southern Lebanon since January.
The group, backed by Syria and Iran, is waging a war of attrition to oust Israeli troops and their allies from Lebanon's south.
Israel has said it would end its 22-year occupation of south Lebanon by July. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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