STORY: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah commemorated on Saturday (September 27) one year since its then-chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel, the opening salvo of a war that ultimately battered his once-powerful group and left swathes of Lebanon in ruins.

Hezbollah's secretary general, Naim Qassem, who assumed the post a month after Nasrallah's killing, delivered a speech to mark the anniversary.

He reaffirmed that Hezbollah would not allow disarmament and warned of a fierce confrontation, describing the fight as an existential battle that the group was capable of facing.

Crowds, including Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Larijani, gathered in Hezbollah strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon's south and east, to mark the day.

On the evening of September 27, 2024, a string of Israeli bunker-busting bombs on a Hezbollah complex in Beirut's southern suburbs killed Nasrallah, who had led the powerful Shi'ite religious, political and military group for more than 30 years.

Nasrallah's death and the war that followed dealt huge blows to the Iran-backed group. His heir apparent Hashem Safieddine was killed weeks later. By December, Hezbollah's Syrian ally Bashar al-Assad was toppled. Now pressure is swelling on the group to disarm - a demand Hezbollah has rejected.

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SHOWS: BEIRUT, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 27, 2025) (AL MANAR TV - Access all) (MUTE)

1. VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING PEOPLE GATHERING AT LATE HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASSAN NASRALLAH'S BURIAL SITE TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS KILLING

BEIRUT, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 27, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

2. HEZBOLLAH SUPPORTERS CHANTING WHILE ATTENDING THE CEREMONY HELD TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS KILLING

3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE CEREMONY AND HOLDING HEZBOLLAH FLAGS

4. VARIOUS OF MAN HOLDING HEZBOLLAH FLAG

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS RESIDENT, AHMAD ALI AHMAD, SAYING:

“Today we came to mark the first anniversary of the martyrdom of the Sayyed (referring to late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah) and we came to tell him that we are loyal to him, and we will remain loyal to him until the last day of our lives, we, our children, and our families.”

6. NASRALLAH'S SON , JAWAD NASRALLAH, ATTENDING THE CEREMONY

7. JAWAD NASRALLAH, HIS BROTHER MUHAMMAD MAHDI AND OTHERS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY

8. JAWAD NASRALLAH AND OTHERS ATTENDING THE CEREMONY

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) BEIRUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS RESIDENT, KARIM (SURNAME NOT GIVEN) SAYING:

“I want to tell the Sayyed that we are all continuing on this path, we are all with him and we are proud of him, wherever we are in the world, we have come here now to prove our existence and prove to the whole world that we are with the resistance until our last breath.”

10. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THE CEREMONY AND RAISING HEZBOLLAH FLAGS

11. VARIOUS OF MEN CHANTING

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12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEZBOLLAH LEADER NAIM QASSEM, SAYING:

“I will simply say that we are making progress, we are rebuilding and we are ready to defend against the enemy.”

BEIRUT, LEBANON (SEPTEMBER 27, 2025) (AL MANAR TV - Access all) (MUTE)

13. VARIOUS OF DRONE FOOTAGE SHOWING PEOPLE GATHERING AT LATE HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASSAN NASRALLAH'S BURIAL SITE IN BEIRUT TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HIS KILLING

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14. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEZBOLLAH LEADER NAIM QASSEM, SAYING:

“Disarmament means disarming force to meet Israel's demands and achieve its goals. Third, we will not allow disarmament. We will face a Karbala-like confrontation, because we are in an existential battle.”

DEIR QANOUN AL-NAHR (SEPTEMBER 27, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

15. PEOPLE WATCHING TELEVISED SPEECH OF HEZBOLLAH LEADER NAIM QASSEM AT THE BURIAL SITE OF LATE HEZBOLLAH LEADER HASHEM SAFIEDDINE IN SOUTHERN LEBANON

16. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE CHANTING

17. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE ATTENDING CEREMONY TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE KILLING OF NASRALLAH AND SAFIEDDINE

18. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DEIR QANOUN AL-NAHR RESIDENT, BATOUL ISMAIL, SAYING:

"Your blood has yielded victory, honour and pride. We are here to renew this covenant and say that we are with the resistance, with the resistance, with the resistance until our breath runs out."

19. WOMEN AND CHILDREN ATTENDING CEREMONY

20. MEN CHANTING AND GESTURING

21. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE DURING CEREMONY

22. HEZBOLLAH MP HASSAN FADLALLAH AND OTHERS ATTENDING CEREMONY

23. MEN CHANTING

24. CEREMONY UNDERWAY

25. PICTURE OF SAFIEDDINE

26. WOMAN HOLDING FLOWERS AND RAISING NASRALLAH'S PICTURE