Israeli journalist snaps photos at Hassan Nasrallah's grave

An Israeli journalist has reportedly entered Lebanon and visited the tomb of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, taking photographs at the grave of the political leader assassinated by Israel in September 2024.

Yitzhak Horowitz, a writer for the ultra-Orthodox magazine B'Kehilla, described the visit in an article published on Thursday.

He said he went to the grave near Beirut’s airport road, now a shrine that draws hundreds of visitors each month, including delegations and political and religious figures, since the burial in February.

Horowitz claimed he travelled with a local guide named Ali from the southern Beirut suburb area known as Dahiyeh, which Israel heavily bombed during the recent war on Lebanon. Along with the grave, he said he was taken to the site where the assassination took place.

According to his account, the guide explained that Hezbollah bought the plot from an insurance company and demolished the building that once stood there. The group is said to be planning a mosque on the land.

The journalist wrote that Ali told him to pretend not to understand Arabic if questioned and to say he was from Spain.

Later, when Horowitz allegedly asked to take a photograph with a man blinded by Israel's pager terror attack, the guide warned him that the request would have exposed him. The victim had reportedly gone to the grave to pray for recovery.

Israeli media have heavily covered the visit, framing it within a narrative of success in the recent war on Lebanon. Israel killed Nasrallah and senior Hezbollah figures, including his successor Hashem Safieddine, while Lebanon's government reported 2,720 deaths in the country, mostly civilians.

Since a ceasefire in November 2024, Lebanon’s government has increased pressure on Hezbollah to disarm, with backing from the United States. Hezbollah has refused. UN peacekeepers have confirmed that, despite Israeli claims, there is no sign the group has rebuilt its military presence in the south.