Overview
- Hezbollah announced funerals for 44 fighters in south Lebanon after a pause in fighting with Israel.
- The group said 29 fighters would be buried in Kfar Sir and 15 fighters and one civilian in Qlaileh.
- Hezbollah cited a 10-day ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump as the window that enabled the returns.
- Some bodies had been placed in temporary graves under Shia rites that allow short-term burials when conflict blocks access to home cemeteries.
- Lebanese authorities report at least 2,387 people killed since March 2, while Israel says it has killed more than 1,700 Hezbollah fighters, a figure not independently verified.