Prominent Christian political leaders in Lebanon have paid tribute to the late Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, praising his charismatic leadership and enduring commitment to the resistance movement’s fight against Israel over the past decades.
In a violent bombardment campaign on Friday, Israel leveled several apartment buildings in the Dahiyeh area of southern Beirut, which led to the death of scores of civilians as well as the martyrdom of Nasrallah and several Hezbollah officials.
The latest aggression came against the backdrop of escalated tensions between the Lebanese resistance movement and the occupying entity, which included the targeted killing of top Hezbollah commanders and the detonation of telecommunication devices belonging to the Muslim resistance group.
Sleiman Frangieh, leader of Lebanon’s Christian political party Marada and Hezbollah’s preferred candidate for the presidency, mourned the death of Nasrallah and posted a brief statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.
“The symbol is gone, the legend is born, and the resistance continues,” he wrote.
Former Lebanese President Michel Aoun, a Christian and founder of the Free Patriotic Movement party which is allied with Hezbollah, posted a lengthier statement praising Nasrallah as a martyr for the country.