Tens of thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Lebanon's capital Beirut to mourn Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in a public funeral nearly five months after he was killed by an Israeli air strike.

Hundreds of thousands of people have packed into a stadium in Beirut and nearby streets for the funeral of Hezbollah’s leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the capital.

The Iran-backed Lebanese militant group held an elaborate commemoration for its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by Israel in September.